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QuickBooks Online For Dummies

Author:

David H. Ringstrom

Overview

Learn the world’s most popular cloud accounting platform

QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2024 Edition, helps you benefit from fast and easy mobile accounting. This beginner-friendly guide covers the key features of QuickBooks Online, including selecting the subscription version that’s right for you and your business -- Simple Start, Plus, or Advanced. From there, you’ll find everything you need to get started creating invoices and credit memos, recording and paying bills, setting up inventory items, processing payroll and preparing payroll tax returns, balancing accounts, and beyond. You’ll discover how to access your accounts from any device, anywhere—and how to keep your data safe and backed up. For a world on the go, QuickBooks Online makes it easy to keep solid books and be prepared at tax time. With the clear how-tos in this book, you’ll be up and running in no time.

Get started with QuickBooks Online and set up your accounts
Manage customers, inventory, purchases, payroll, and billing—from anywhere
Generate financial reports and simplify your taxes
Discover new features and tips in the latest version of the cloud software

For small business owners, managers, and employees responsible for business accounting, QuickBooks Online For Dummies helps you make the most of the go-to platform for fluid accounting access.

Learn the world’s most popular cloud accounting platform

QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2024 Edition, helps you benefit from fast and easy mobile accounting. This beginner-friendly guide covers the key features of QuickBooks Online, including selecting the subscription version that’s right for you and your business -- Simple Start, Plus, or Advanced. From there, you’ll find everything you need to get started creating invoices and credit memos, recording and paying bills, setting up inventory items, processing payroll and preparing payroll tax returns, balancing accounts, and beyond. You’ll discover how to access your accounts from any device, anywhere—and how to keep your data safe

and backed up. For a world on the go, QuickBooks Online makes it easy to keep solid books and be prepared at tax time. With the clear how-tos in this book, you’ll be up and running in no time.

Get started with QuickBooks Online and set up your accounts
Manage customers, inventory, purchases, payroll, and billing—from anywhere
Generate financial reports and simplify your taxes
Discover new features and tips in the latest version of the cloud software

For small business owners, managers, and employees responsible for business accounting, QuickBooks Online For Dummies helps you make the most of the go-to platform for fluid accounting access.

QuickBooks Online For Dummies Cheat Sheet

You can make the most of your work in QuickBooks Online by using handy and time-savings shortcuts and tool buttons. Using keyboard shortcuts means you can seamlessly access various windows and pages without touching a mouse. The various icons at the top of the QuickBooks Online page help you quickly search for items, create new items, or display transactions.

About The Author

David H. Ringstrom, CPA, is president of Accounting Advisors, Inc., a spreadsheet and database consulting firm. He is a sought-after speaker on the subject of Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks, and QuickBooks Online. He is also the co-author of the previous edition of QuickBooks Online For Dummies and two previous accounting reference books.