Introduction 1 Book 1: An Accounting Primer 5 CHAPTER 1: Principles of Accounting 7 CHAPTER 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping 27 CHAPTER 3: Special Accounting Problems 47 Book 2: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 69 CHAPTER 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 71 CHAPTER 2: Loading the Master File Lists 89 CHAPTER 3: Fine-Tuning QuickBooks 113 Book 3: Bookkeeping Chores 143 CHAPTER 1: Invoicing Customers .145 CHAPTER 2: Paying Vendors 179 CHAPTER 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 199 CHAPTER 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 229 CHAPTER 5: Paying Employees 259 Book 4: Accounting Chores 271 CHAPTER 1: For Accountants Only 273 CHAPTER 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 289 CHAPTER 3: Preparing a Budget 309 CHAPTER 4: Using Activity-Based Costing 321 CHAPTER 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 337 Book 5: Financial Management 349 CHAPTER 1: Ratio Analysis 351 CHAPTER 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 369 CHAPTER 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 383 Book 6: Business Plans 399 CHAPTER 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 401 CHAPTER 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 421 CHAPTER 3: Writing a Business Plan 457 Book 7: Care and Maintenance 471 CHAPTER 1: Administering QuickBooks 473 CHAPTER 2: Protecting Your Data 491 CHAPTER 3: Troubleshooting 507 Book 8: Appendixes 513 APPENDIX A: A Crash Course in Excel 515 APPENDIX B: Government Web Resources for Businesses 531 APPENDIX C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 549 Index 579.