Introduction 1Book 1: An Accounting Primer 7Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting 9Chapter 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping 29Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems 49Book 2: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 73Chapter 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 75Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists 93Chapter 3: Fine-Tuning QuickBooks 117Book 3: Bookkeeping Chores 151Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers 153Chapter 2: Paying Vendors 189Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 209Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 241Chapter 5: Paying Employees 273Book 4: Accounting Chores 285Chapter 1: For Accountants Only 287Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 303Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget 325Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing 337Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 353Book 5: Financial Management 365Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis 367Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 385Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 399Book 6: Business Plans 415Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 417Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 437Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan 475Book 7: Care and Maintenance 489Chapter 1: Administering QuickBooks 491Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data 511Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 529Book 8: Appendixes 535Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel 537Appendix B: Government Web Resources for Businesses 553Appendix C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 571Index 601