Provide real-world experience with extensive hands-on material This text provides students with ample opportunity to learn and apply accounting concepts presented in the text and online software. Step-by-step tutorial-style training helps students develop confidence in recording business transactions. Intuit''s Test Drive Company helps students drill throughout the text. Students create a new company in Chapter 2 that is used throughout the text. Screen shots show students how their screens should look as they complete their training. Places to double-check students'' work , ensure they grasp the concept at hand before moving on. Additional Transactions are included at the end of each chapter to reinforce the concepts and transaction entry covered in the chapter. End-of-chapter material where the concepts and applications learned are reinforced by the completion of assignable true/false, multiple-choice, fill-in, and computer-assignment questions.

A Bonus Practice Set is provided to instructors for completion at the end of the text. QuickBooks ® screens, completed transactions, and reports help students conceptualize accounting concepts visually. To provide a real-world experience within the text, students are required to customize and print many business forms and reports. An innovative approach for learning how to use QuickBooks ® Online Plus to run a business After thorough instruction in and usage of QuickBooks Online Plus within the text, students should be able to transition from training to using the program in an actual business. Throughout the text, emphasis has been placed on the use of QuickBooks Online Plus''s innovative approach to recording accounting transactions based on a business form rather than using the traditional journal format. This approach has been correlated to traditional accounting through adjusting entries, end-of-period procedures, and use of the "behind the scenes" journal. Learners have the opportunity to work in a Cloud-based environment (versus having to download the software). Students will explore and use many of the features of QuickBooks Online Plus as it pertains to both service and merchandising businesses, including: Recording transactions for service and inventory businesses-from simple to complex-that simulate real-world occurrences Preparing, analyzing, customizing, creating, and printing a variety of reports Closing an accounting period Creating a new company Customizing QuickBooks Online Plus to fit the needs of an individual company Completing assignments including a drill using Intuit''s Test Drive Company Preparing payroll using Intuit''s Test Drive Company Exploring error detection and correction NEW! Content changes New Design for QuickBooks Online Streamlined Company Setup Navigation Enhancements Add Accountant (Instructor) to QuickBooks Online Account Inclusion of Allowance for Bad Debts Include a Taxable Column when Importing Products/Items from Excel Create Inventory Reorder Points Save, Send, and/or Print Refund Receipts Bundle Sales Items Together Add Attachments to Invoices or Expenses Smart Invoice Copy (cc) or Blind Copy (bc) Invoices in Email Enhancements to Recurring Transactions Improved Reports Create Management Reports Package Ability to Correct and Void Paychecks New Mobile Features Including Mileage Tracking, Invoice Tracking, Cash Flow Insights, and Point and Snap Receipt Capture Integration with Pay Pal, Apple Pay, and American Express Working Capital Terms Hallmark features of the software An Access Code Card and instructions for downloading the QuickBooks 2017 Educational Trial Version of the program Add Logos to company files Create, save, and use Customized Reports Add Credit Card information for individual customers Select Preferred Delivery and Payment Methods for customers Use FIFO inventory valuation Use Locations and Classes Create Budgets Import and Export Excel Files Do Time Tracking Track and pay Sales Taxes Use the QuickBooks Online Plus Mobile App.