8 Book 4: Accounting Chores Chapter 1: For Accountants Only Working with QuickBooks Journal Entries Updating Company Information Working with Memorized Transactions Reviewing the Accountant & Taxes Reports Creating an Accountant’s Copy of the QuickBooks Data File Using the Client Data Review Commands Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports Some Wise Words Up Front Producing a Report Working with the Report Window Modifying a Report Processing Multiple Reports A Few Words about Document Retention Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget Reviewing Common Budgeting Tactics Taking a Practical Approach to Budgeting Using the Set Up Budgets Window Managing with a Budget Some Wrap-Up Comments on Budgeting Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing Reviewing Traditional Overhead Allocation Understanding How ABC Works Implementing a Simple ABC System Seeing How QuickBooks Supports ABC Turning On Class Tracking Using Classes for ABC Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems Setting Up a QuickBooks Job Tracking Job or Project Costs Job Cost Reporting Using Job Estimates Progress Billing
9 Book 5: Financial Management Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis Some Caveats about Ratio Analysis Liquidity Ratios Leverage Ratios Activity Ratios Profitability Ratios Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis Introducing the Logic of EVA Seeing EVA in Action Reviewing Some Important Points about EVA Using EVA When Your Business Has Debt Presenting Two Final Pointers And Now, a Word to My Critics Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell Introducing the Theory of Capital Budgeting Calculating the Rate of Return on Capital Measuring Liquidity Thinking about Risk What Does All This Have to Do with QuickBooks?
10 Book 6: Business Plans Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis Seeing How Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis Works Calculating Break-Even Points Using Real QuickBooks Data forProfit-Volume-Cost Analysis Recognizing the Downside of theProfit-Volume-Cost Model Using the Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis Workbook Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast Reviewing Financial Statements and Ratios Using the Business Plan Workbook Understanding the Workbook Calculations Customizing the Starter Workbook Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan What the Term “Business Plan” Means A Few Words about Strategic Plans Look, Ma: No Strategy A White-Paper Business Plan A New-Venture Plan
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