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Complete classroom training manual for QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2023. 315 pages and 194 individual topics. Includes practice exercises and keyboard shortcuts. You will learn how to set up a QuickBooks company file, pay employees and vendors, create custom reports, reconcile your accounts, use estimating, time tracking and much more. Topics Covered: The QuickBooks Environment 1. The Home Page and Insights Tabs 2. The Centers 3. The Menu Bar and Keyboard Shortcuts 4. The Open Window List 5. The Icon Bar 6. Customizing the Icon Bar 7. The Chart of Accounts 8. Accounting Methods 9. Financial Reports Creating a QuickBooks Company File 1. Using Express Start 2. Using the EasyStep Interview 3. Returning to the Easy Step Interview 4. Creating a Local Backup Copy 5. Restoring a Company File from a Local Backup Copy 6. Setting Up Users 7. Single and Multiple User Modes 8. Closing Company Files 9. Opening a Company File Using Lists 1. Using Lists 2. The Chart of Accounts 3. The Customers & Jobs List 4. The Employees List 5. The Vendors List 6. Using Custom Fields 7. Sorting List 8. Inactivating and Reactivating List Items 9. Printing Lists 10. Renaming & Merging List Items 11. Adding Multiple List Entries from Excel 12. Customer Groups Setting Up Sales Tax 1. The Sales Tax Process 2. Creating Tax Agencies 3. Creating Individual Sales Tax Items 4. Creating a Sales Tax Group 5. Setting Sales Tax Preferences 6. Indicating Taxable & Non-taxable Customers and Items Setting Up Inventory Items 1. Setting Up Inventory 2. Creating Inventory Items 3. Creating a Purchase Order 4. Receiving Items with a Bill 5. Entering Item Receipts 6. Matching Bills to Item Receipts 7. Adjusting Inventory Setting Up Other Items 1. Service Items 2. Non-Inventory Items 3. Other Charges 4. Subtotals 5. Groups 6. Discounts 7. Payments 8. Changing Item Prices Basic Sales 1. Selecting a Sales Form 2. Creating an Invoice 3. Creating Batch Invoices 4. Creating a Sales Receipt 5. Finding Transaction Forms 6. Previewing Sales Forms 7. Printing Sales Forms Using Price Levels 1. Using Price Levels Creating Billing Statements 1. Setting Finance Charge Defaults 2. Entering Statement Charges 3. Applying Finance Charges and Creating Statements Payment Processing 1. Recording Customer Payments 2. Entering a Partial Payment 3. Applying One Payment to Multiple Invoices 4. Entering Overpayments 5. Entering Down Payments or Prepayments 6. Applying Customer Credits 7. Making Deposits 8. Handling Bounced Checks 9. Automatically Transferring Credits Between Jobs 10. Manually Transferring Credits Between Jobs Handling Refunds 1. Creating a Credit Memo and Refund Check 2. Refunding Customer Payments Entering and Paying Bills 1. Setting Billing Preferences 2. Entering Bills 3. Paying Bills 4. Early Bill Payment Discounts 5. Entering a Vendor Credit 6. Applying a Vendor Credit 7. Upload and Review Bills Using Bank Accounts 1. Using Registers 2. Writing Checks 3. Writing a Check for Inventory Items 4. Printing Checks 5. Transferring Funds 6. Reconciling Accounts 7. Voiding Checks 8. Adding Bank Feeds 9. Reviewing Bank Feed Transactions 10. Bank Feed Rules 11. Disconnecting Bank Feed Accounts Paying Sales Tax 1. Sales Tax Reports 2. Using the Sales Tax Payable Register 3. Paying Your Tax Agencies Reporting 1. Graph and Report Preferences 2. Using QuickReports 3. Using QuickZoom 4. Preset Reports 5. Modifying a Report 6. Rearranging and Resizing Report Columns 7. Memorizing a Report 8. Memorized Report Groups 9. Printing Reports 10. Batch Printing Forms 11.Exporting Reports to Excel 12. Saving Forms and Reports as PDF Files 13. Comment on a Report 14. Process Multiple Reports 15. Scheduled Reports Using Graphs 1. Using Graphs 2. Company Snapshot Customizing Forms 1. Creating New Form Templates 2. Performing Basic Customization 3. Performing Additional Customization 4. The Layout Designer 5. Changing the Grid and Margins in the Layout Designer 6. Selecting Objects in the Layout Designer 7. Moving and Resizing Objects in the Layout Designer 8. Formatting Objects in the Layout Designer 9. Copying Objects and Formatting in the Layout Designer 10. Adding and Removing Objects in the Layout Designer 11. Aligning and Stacking Objects in the Layout Designer 12. Resizing Columns in the Layout Designer Estimating 1. Creating a Job 2. Creating an Estimate 3. Duplicating Estimates 4. Invoicing From Estimates 5. Updating Job Statuses 6. Inactivating Estimates 7. Making Purchases for a Job 8. Invoicing for Job Costs 9. Using Job Reports Time Tracking 1. Tracking Time and Printing a Blank Timesheet 2. Weekly Timesheets 3. Time/Enter Single Activity 4. Invoicing from Time Data 5. Using Time Reports 6. Tracking Vehicle Mileage 7. Charging Customers for Mileage Payroll 1. The Payroll Process 2. Creating Payroll Items 3. Setting Employee Defaults 4. Setting Up Employee Payroll Information 5. Creating Payroll Schedules 6. Creating Scheduled Paychecks 7. Creating Unscheduled Paychecks 8. Creating Termination Paychecks 9. Voiding Paychecks 10. Tracking Your Tax Liabilities 11. Paying Your Payroll Tax Liabilities 12. Adjusting Payroll Liabilities 13. Entering Liability Refund Checks 14. Process Payroll Forms 15. Tracking Workers Compensation Using Credit Card Accounts 1. Creating Credit Card Accounts 2. Entering Credit Card Charges 3. Reconciling and Paying Credit Cards Assets and Liabilities 1. Assets and Liabilities 2. Creating and Using an Other Current Asset Account 3. Removing Value from Other Current Asset Accounts 4. Creating Fixed Asset Accounts 5. Creating Liability Accounts 6. Setting the Original Cost of Fixed Assets 7. Tracking Depreciation 8. The Fixed Asset Item List Equity Accounts 1. Equity Accounts 2. Recording an Owner’s Draw 3. Recording a Capital Investment Writing Letters With QuickBooks 1. Using the Letters and Envelopes Wizard 2. Editing Letter Templates Company Management 1. Viewing Your Company Information 2. Setting Up Budgets 3. Using the To Do List 4. Using Reminders and Setting Preferences 5. Making General Journal Entries 6. Using Payment Reminders 7. Receipt Management Using QuickBooks Tools 1. Company File Cleanup 2. Exporting and Importing List Data Using IIF Files 3. Advanced Importing of Excel Data 4. Updating QuickBooks 5. Using the Calculator 6. Using the Portable Company Files 7. Using the Calendar 8. The Income Tracker 9. The Bill Tracker 10. The Lead Center 11. Moving QuickBooks Desktop Using the Migrator Tool Using the Accountant’s Review 1. Creating an Accountant’s Copy 2. Transferring an Accountant’s Copy 3. Importing Accountant’s 4. Removing Restrictions Using the Help Menu 1. Using Help