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Bookkeeping For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))x$7.87
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Accurate and complete bookkeeping is crucial to any business owner, but it’s also important to those who work with the business, such as investors, financial institutions, and employees. People both inside and outside the business all depend on a bookkeeper’s accurate recordings. Bookkeeping For Dummies provides the easy and painless way to master this crucial art. You’ll be able to manage your own finances to save money and grow your business. This straightforward, no-nonsense guide shows you the basics of bookkeeping—from recording transactions to producing balance sheets and year-end reports. Discover how to: - Outline your financial road map with a chart of accounts
- Keep journals of cash transactions
- Set up your computerized books
- Control your books, your records, and your money
- Buy and track your purchases
- Record sales returns and allowances
- Determine your employee [is “employee” necessary here?] staff’s net pay
- Maintain employee records
- Prepare your books for year’s end
- Report results and start over
- Produce an income statement
- Complete year-end payroll and reports
This guide features tips and tricks for managing your business cash with your books and also profiles important accounts for any bookkeeper. There’s no question that bookkeepers must be detail-oriented, meticulous, and accurate. Bookkeeping For Dummies shows you how to keep track of your business’s financial well-being and ensure future success!
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Gives you the basic start you need.
By A1M8PP7MLHNBQB on 2006-01-09
So you're going to start a business, and if you have any money left over at the end of the year you're going to save part of it and spend part of it. OK, but your business partner isn't going to like that very much. 'What, you say you don't have a business partner?' Yes, you do, and he usually goes by the initials IRS.
Since you're reading this review, you obviously have, or have access to a computer. Your first thought is to go buy an accounting package. OK, that's a good idea. But those packages start throwing around funny words like 'General Ledger,' 'Accrual,' and 'Balance Sheet.'
This book starts earlier than that and starts you off with a paper based accounting system. After you know what you are doing, then it discusses three accounting packages: Simply Accounting Pro, Peachtree Accounting, and QuickBooks. Hint: A lot of banks seem to like QuickBooks and may sell it to their customers at a deep discount, or even give away at no charge.
A Request to the Author, or to anyone else reading this. There are a bunch of free accounting systems on the net. Are any of them any good? Maybe one (or more) of them could be included in the next edition of the book, or on the eTips website.
Don't get this book
By A3KWGJUOB7K9LH on 2007-04-28
I found this book repetitive and confusing. No easy explanation was given for which accounts have a debit or credit balance (DEAD CLeRC is a helpful mnemonic), and there are as many examples of using Quickbooks as manual bookkeeping. Quickbooks is popular, but if you want to learn Quickbooks, get the Quickbook for Dummies book!
Add in silly grammatical problems and I just can't recommend this book.
Maybe I just have a mental block --
By AGMJICHMVWCFJ on 2007-08-23
I'm a smart girl but I STILL cannot make heads or tails out of bookkeeping. Although I now understand credits and debits, the journal entering and what not just didn't make sense. The book seemed to be too general for me. I really needed more detailed, beginner-friendly information and guidance. Maybe if you have a general idea of how bookkeeping works, this book will work for you. I, on the other hand, bought this book having absolutely no knowledge of bookkeeping, and unfortunately, I still don't.
Very Pleased
By AEA46GOSX3J6G on 2007-05-17
I ordered this book to go along with my accounting book that I had ordered. This book is very helpful and easy to understand. I received this book within 7 days and in very good condition.
Good to start
By A1WVFKRP14PD0L on 2007-12-24
This is a very good book to start understanding the subject of accounting and bookkeeping.
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