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Mastering QuickBooks 2021

You're reading from   Mastering QuickBooks 2021 The ultimate guide to bookkeeping and QuickBooks Online

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800204041
Length 414 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Crystalynn Shelton Crystalynn Shelton
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Setting Up Your Company File
2. Getting Started with QuickBooks Online FREE CHAPTER 3. QuickBooks Online Advanced 4. Company File Setup 5. Migrating to QuickBooks Online 6. Customizing QuickBooks for Your Business 7. Managing Customers, Vendors, Products, and Services 8. Section 2: Recording Transactions in QuickBooks Online
9. Managing Sales Tax 10. Recording Sales Transactions in QuickBooks Online 11. Recording Expenses in QuickBooks Online 12. Reconciling Downloaded Bank and Credit Card Transactions 13. Section 3: Generating Reports in QuickBooks Online
14. Report Center Overview 15. Business Overview Reports 16. Customer Sales Reports in QuickBooks Online 17. Vendor and Expenses Reports 18. Section 4: Managing Employees and Contractors
19. Managing Payroll in QuickBooks Online 20. Managing 1099 Contractors in QuickBooks Online 21. Section 5: Closing the Books and Handling Special Transactions
22. Closing the Books in QuickBooks Online 23. Handling Special Transactions in QuickBooks Online 24. Shortcuts and Test Drive 25. Other Books You May Enjoy

Advanced settings

The Advanced settings page includes nine main settings: Accounting, Company type, Chart of accounts, Categories, Automation, Projects, Time tracking, Currency, and Other preferences. 

The following is a screenshot of the Advanced settings section:

A brief description of what information is included in the Advanced settings section is as follows:

  1. Accounting: In the accounting settings, you will select the first month of your fiscal year and income tax year, which may be the same. You will indicate your accounting method (for example, cash or accrual) and there is an option to close the books. Close the books allows you to prevent any changes from being made to your financial data after a certain date. For example, once you have filed your tax returns for the year, you should enter the last day of the previous year as your closing date (for example, 12/31/2020). This will ensure that information dated 12/31/2020 and prior cannot be changed.
  2. Company type: In this...
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