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QuickBooks 2007 The Official Guide

Kathy Ivens

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great Resource for QuickBooks Users, Consultants, Accountants, and Bookkeepers! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book is a must have resource if you use QuickBooks or have clients using QuickBooks. It is comprehensive and includes setting up the data file and getting started, to entering transactions, and using the reports to help you manage your business. It also includes chapters on managing your QuickBooks files and customizing QuickBooks for your business.

Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA
Author of: Successful QuickBooks Consulting: The Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Growing a QuickBooks Consulting Business
Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Member of Intuit's Certified Trainer Network

Editorial Review:

The only official guide to QuickBooks--the number-one small business management software

Fully reviewed and authorized by Intuit, this bestselling book shows you how to create a comprehensive small business financial management system using QuickBooks 2007. All the new and updated features are covered in full detail.

You will learn to customize QuickBooks for specific business needs, enter transactions quickly and accurately, track funds, manage payroll, process invoices, and monitor inventory. You will also find out how to create budgets, develop fiscal reports, streamline bookkeeping tasks, and much more. QuickBooks 2007:The Official Guide is the ideal guide for learning how to use this powerful software.

QuickBooks 2008 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Stephen L., CPA, MBA, MS Nelson

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Bookkeeping is part of running a business — and for a lot of us, it's not the favorite part. If you’ve been looking for an easy way to manage all aspects of your small business accounting and finances, QuickBooks 2008 is a great software choice. And QuickBooks 2008 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is the quickest way to get started!

With eight books in one, QuickBooks 2008 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is your one-stop guide to successful small business financial management. Here's what you need to know, not just about setting up and using QuickBooks, but also about accounting chores, business planning, overall financial management, and much more.

The eight minibooks are

• An accounting primer
• Getting ready to use QuickBooks
• Bookkeeping chores
• Accounting chores
• Financial management
• Business plans
• Care and maintenance
• Additional business resources

QuickBooks 2008 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies show you how to set up and customize QuickBooks, create invoices and pay vendors, track job or project costs, prepare financial statements and reports, and even simplify tax return preparation. Written by a veteran tax planner and CPA, this book and QuickBooks 2008 will make all that number-crunching a lot more bearable.

Quicken 2008 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Stephen L., CPA, MBA, MS Nelson

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

If you’ve considered using financial software to handle your personal finances, Quicken 2008 just might be the tool you’ve been looking for. Quicken is America’s top-selling personal finance software. It can help you manage the money for both your household and your small business, while Quicken 2008 For Dummies can help you manage Quicken.

With the number of individual bankruptcies at an alarming level, personal financial management needs to be a priority for each of us. You don’t have to be an accounting wizard to handle your personal finances on a PC, especially with the friendly, plain-English explanations in Quicken 2008 For Dummies! Written by a CPA who provides consulting services on accounting and tax planning to small businesses, Quicken 2008 For Dummies shows you how to:

• Install Quicken and run Express Setup
• Handle your checkbook, pay bills, and track your income
• Monitor and assess your investments
• Track loans and credit card activity
• Understand how interest compounds and what it costs when you borrow, as well as how it adds up when you invest
• Create charts and reports to show how you’re doing
• Use Quicken to handle your small business finances
• Prepare payroll and track accounts receivable and payable

Quicken 2008 For Dummies may not make managing your finances exactly fun, but it’s guaranteed to make the job easier.

Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Bpg-Other)

Wayne L. Winston

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Total reviews: 21 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Not bad, but not as good as expected 3 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I am an intermediate to advanced Excel user, so my review may reflect that level. As others have said, it looks like MS rushed this book to the market, evidenced by so many errata, which can be disappointing especially when the solution is wrong. On the other hand, there are some very interesting and genuine uses of various Excel functions to solve business problems.
I wouldn't recommend this book for beginners. If you're trying to learn Excel, this is not the book. It is not a book to teach excel, but a book to teach you what you can do with Excel to solve everyday problems, given you're familiar with the mechanics of excel.
I would recommend it with these caveats. And getting Walkenbach's book on Excel functions along with this would be very helpful in my opinion. Best of luck in your endeavors.

Editorial Review:

Now you can apply the techniques that business analysts at leading companies use to analyze and transform data into bottom line results. For more than 10 years, well-known consultant and business professor Wayne Winston has been teaching corporate clients and MBA candidates the most effective ways to use Microsoft Excel for data analysis, modeling, and decision making. This practical, business-focused guide delivers the best of Winston’s classroom experience to you in 70+ concise chapters, organized by real-world scenarios. Quickly find and apply exactly the information you need to solve a specific business problem—from asset allocation modeling to estimating exponential growth, forecasting sales, optimizing portfolios, and other critical functions. You also get all the book’s sample files on CD-ROM—ready for use in your own work.

Modeling Structured Finance Cash Flows with Microsoft Excel: A Step-by-Step Guide.Book & CD-ROM

Keith A. Allman

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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A practical guide to building fully operational financial cash flow models for structured finance transactions

Structured finance and securitization deals are becoming more commonplace on Wall Street. Up until now, however, market participants have had to create their own models to analyze these deals, and new entrants have had to learn as they go. Modeling Structured Finance Cash Flows with Microsoft Excel provides readers with the information they need to build a cash flow model for structured finance and securitization deals. Financial professional Keith Allman explains individual functions and formulas, while also explaining the theory behind the spreadsheets. Each chapter begins with a discussion of theory, followed by a section called "Model Builder," in which Allman translates the theory into functions and formulas. In addition, the companion CD-ROM features all of the modeling exercises, as well as a final version of the model that is created in the text.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Running QuickBooks 2008 Premier Editions: The Only Definitive Guide to the Premier Editions

Kathy Ivens

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Great Resource of Features in Premier versions 4 out of 5 stars.
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This book is a great resource for learning about the special features in each of the various QuickBooks Premier Editions. It has a chapters on features in Premier only and a separate chapter for each Premier edition: Accountant, Contractor, Manufacturing and Wholesale, Non Profit, Professional Services, and Retail. There is also a chapter on Tips & Tricks for Accountants. This book assumes the reader is already familiar with the basics of QuickBooks.

Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA
Author of: Successful QuickBooks Consulting: The Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Growing a QuickBooks Consulting Business
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Advance Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Member of Intuit Certified Trainer Network

Editorial Review:

Updated to include information on the latest QuickBooks 2008 and filled with information for accounting professionals who want to provide extra services to clients, this guide teaches business owners and bookkeepers how to use the advanced accounting features, create professional business plans, and analyze and project company performance. Easy-to-follow instructions, coverage of undocumented features, and tons of tips, tricks, and shortcuts are also provided.

Quicken 2009 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Stephen L., CPA, MBA, MS Nelson

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If just thinking about financial management gives you a headache, personal finance software is better than aspirin. Quicken is tops, and Quicken 2009 For Dummies is the quickest and easiest way to put it to work.

Here’s the plain-English guide to using the newest update of the nation’s leading personal finance software. A leading CPA shows you how to track your finances day to day, keep your checkbook and pay bills online, and even plan for tax time with Quicken. Learn as much or as little as you need to know — just how to keep your checkbook straight, or even how Quicken helps manage stocks and the business end of rental property.

• Install and set up Quicken 2009, or update data files from a previous version
• Learn to make a budget that’s flexible enough to work for your family or your business
• Keep your checkbook up to date, handle banking transactions online, and use Quicken calculators
• Print Quicken reports to help you track cash flow, identify missing checks, summarize spending, and more
• Set up tax-deferred or brokerage accounts and buy and sell securities
• Track your credit cards and bank accounts as well as mortgages, loans, and other debts
• Use Quicken’s Home & Business or Rental Property Manager versions to keep your business books
• Handle payroll for business or household employees
• Track deductions to make tax preparation easier

With Quicken 2009 For Dummies, you’ll feel like a financial wizard!

Peachtree For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Elaine Marmel, Diane Koers

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Not feeling too peachy about computerizing your accounting system? Relax! Peachtree For Dummies, 3^rd Edition will show you how to set up your company in Peachtree and then use it to pay bills, invoice customers, pay employees, produce financial reports, and more. You’ll quickly discover how Peachtree can save you time, effort, and money so that you no longer have to do your accounting by hand or pay someone else to do it for you.

Publishing to coincide with the latest release of Peachtree, this third edition is revised to cover the newest updates and enhancements made to the most recent version of Peachtree. Veteran authors Elaine Marmel and Diane Koers break down the capabilities of Peachtree Premium Accounting, from building an effective chart of accounts, to customizing forms and modifying reports, to setting up default information that will save you time down the line. You’ll also discover how to:

• Work with purchase orders
• Sell products and services
• Generate invoices
• Track project costs
• Produce income statements
• Back up and restore data
• Balance accounts
• Manage inventory
• Handle customer prepayments
• Pay for purchase orders with a credit card
• Keep your account information safe

Packed with examples of everyday, real-life situations, Peachtree For Dummies, 3^rd Edition is the reference you need so that you can put Peachtree to work for you and get the job done quickly and correctly.

QuickBooks 2009: The Official Guide (Quickbooks)

Kathy Ivens

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The only Intuit-authorized guide to the bestselling small business financial software

With help from the exclusive information in this official guide, you will learn how to set up a comprehensive small business financial management system with QuickBooks 2009. Filled with practical information, this book explains how to perform essential business tasks and customize QuickBooks for specific needs.

QuickBooks 2009: The Official Guide shows you how to maximize all of the features to track finances, manage payroll, process invoices, monitor inventory, manage sales and expenses, and much more. You will get real-world tips, techniques, and shortcuts to help you run a small business easily and efficiently--regardless of your industry or growth level. Covering both QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro, no other book provides the comprehensive coverage and expert advice found inside this official guide.

Computer Accounting with Peachtree Complete 2008, Release 15.0 with CD-ROM

Carol Yacht

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

The least user-friendly software 1 out of 5 stars.
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I have worked in computer industry for over 20 years, and have never seen a piece of software that is so difficult to install. The customer support people sent me to the education software support people, who never returned calls or emails. Make sure you have an IT consultant installing the software for you... for a software that costs more than $110, this is not acceptable.

awesome! 5 out of 5 stars.
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The book was exactly in the described condition. i got this book very quickly! Excellent seller!

Editorial Review:

Carol Yacht’s Peachtree textbook is the market leader because her pedagogy is unmatched—she incorporates real-world businesses; step-by step-directions; numerous screen illustrations; challenging exercises and projects; and a website with additional resources. The 12th edition teaches you how to use Peachtree Complete Accounting 2008 software including how to set up service, merchandising, nonprofit, and manufacturing businesses. The primary goal is for the student to have a working familiarity with the software after completing the course with this text.