QuickBooks Online For Dummies. Elaine Marmel

list.FIGURE 5-20: The Recurring Template List report.FIGURE 5-21: A Vendor Credit transaction.FIGURE 5-22: The Deposit transaction window.FIGURE 5-23: Open transactions for the selected vendor appear.FIGURE 5-24: Adding the vendor credit and the bank deposit of the vendor’s chec...FIGURE 5-25: The Pay Bills page lists bills you owe but have not yet paid.FIGURE 5-26: QBO uses the bill amount less any vendor credits to calculate a pa...

      6 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: The new Projects page in QBO.FIGURE 6-2: Enable the Include Projects check box.FIGURE 6-3: Converting a sub-customer to a project.FIGURE 6-4: The Project Reports page for a project.FIGURE 6-5: Creating a new transaction for a project.FIGURE 6-6: A sample Project Profitability report.FIGURE 6-7: The Sales Transactions page.FIGURE 6-8: Sales transactions appear in the Customers column of the New menu.FIGURE 6-9: The Content page after choosing the Table section to edit.FIGURE 6-10: Turning on the setting to enable grouping on the selected sales fo...FIGURE 6-11: Click the last line that should be part of the subtotaled group, a...FIGURE 6-12: Use the bottom of the Invoice window to handle sales tax, discount...FIGURE 6-13: Opening the Receive Payment window from the Sales Transaction list...FIGURE 6-14: The Receive Payment window after selecting a customer with open in...FIGURE 6-15: Determining the amount of paid and unpaid invoices in your QBO com...FIGURE 6-16: Click anywhere in the Status column to see the details for the spe...FIGURE 6-17: In addition to fully and partially paid invoices, you also see whi...FIGURE 6-18: Creating an estimate.FIGURE 6-19: The bottom of the Estimate window.FIGURE 6-20: Getting ready to copy an estimate to a purchase order.FIGURE 6-21: A purchase order QBO created from an estimate.FIGURE 6-22: Copying an estimate to an invoice from the Invoice window.FIGURE 6-23: Click the Create Invoice link to use estimate information on an in...FIGURE 6-24: Click Copy to duplicate an estimate, even if it’s closed.FIGURE 6-25: Edit and then save the duplicated estimate.FIGURE 6-26: Use this window to establish the amount of a progress invoice.FIGURE 6-27: A sales receipt.FIGURE 6-28: The Print Preview window for a sales receipt.FIGURE 6-29: The PDF version of the sales receipt QBO creates.FIGURE 6-30: Entering a credit memo.FIGURE 6-31: An invoice to which QBO has applied a credit memo.FIGURE 6-32: By default, QBO applies credit memos to an existing outstanding in...FIGURE 6-33: Issuing a refund check.FIGURE 6-34: Enable Time Tracking options in QBO.FIGURE 6-35: The Time Activity window.FIGURE 6-36: The Weekly Timesheet.FIGURE 6-37: Viewing a customer’s page in QBO.FIGURE 6-38: Creating an invoice for a customer with billable time entries.

      7 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: Use the Chart of Accounts page to open a particular account’s regis...FIGURE 7-2: A typical bank account register.FIGURE 7-3: A bank account register in Paper Ledger mode.FIGURE 7-4: Resizing a column.FIGURE 7-5: A register displaying one line for each transaction.FIGURE 7-6: Select the type of transaction you want to enter.FIGURE 7-7: Entering a sales receipt in a bank account register.FIGURE 7-8: Sorting transactions by date, from latest to earliest, is the defau...FIGURE 7-9: Displaying available filters.FIGURE 7-10: A list of transactions QBO found based on criteria specified in th...FIGURE 7-11: Printing a register.

      8 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Drag accounts to place them in the order you want.FIGURE 8-2: The dialog box you use to create an account.FIGURE 8-3: Identify your financial institution.FIGURE 8-4: Select the accounts you want to connect to QBO and their types.FIGURE 8-5: After connecting an account, the Banking page displays connected ac...FIGURE 8-6: Click the arrow beside the Link Account button and select Upload fr...FIGURE 8-7: Use this screen to navigate to the transactions you downloaded from...FIGURE 8-8: Select the account where QBO should place the transactions from you...FIGURE 8-9: Match QBO fields to the fields in your CSV file.FIGURE 8-10: You can use artificial intelligence to upload receipts or bills in...FIGURE 8-11: QBO allows you to review uploaded receipts or bills before you com...FIGURE 8-12: Use this page to specify how QBO should handle each downloaded tran...FIGURE 8-13: The Category or Match column and the Action column help you identi...FIGURE 8-14: When you click a transaction that displays the Add link in the Act...FIGURE 8-15: The transaction details QBO displays when you click a transaction ...FIGURE 8-16: The Bank Rules page.FIGURE 8-17: The Rule dialog box, where you set the information you want QBO to...FIGURE 8-18: Provide the information QBO should use on transactions that meet t...FIGURE 8-19: Use the Categorized tab to find transactions you’ve accepted into ...FIGURE 8-20: Use the Bank Deposit window to select payment transactions to depo...FIGURE 8-21: Enter information found on your bank statement.FIGURE 8-22: Match transactions found on your bank statement with those shown o...FIGURE 8-23: The goal of reconciliation is to make the Difference amount equal ...FIGURE 8-24: A typical Reconciliation report.FIGURE 8-25: Prior Reconciliation reports you can view.

      9 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: Choosing an option for payroll.FIGURE 9-2: The Payroll Setup wizard helps you add current employees.FIGURE 9-3: Fill in the basic information about the employee.FIGURE 9-4: A typical pay schedule.FIGURE 9-5: Information required to complete a Federal Form W-4.FIGURE 9-6: Add or edit employees.FIGURE 9-7: The Payroll Settings page.FIGURE 9-8: The To Do list on the Payroll Overview page.FIGURE 9-9: The Federal Tax Info page.FIGURE 9-10: The State Tax Info page.FIGURE 9-11: Use this screen to enter payroll information for your employees.FIGURE 9-12: Reviewing paychecks before generating them.FIGURE 9-13: When you don’t directly deposit paychecks, you’ll see a page like ...FIGURE 9-14: Click the pencil icon in the Pay section to edit pay information.FIGURE 9-15: Click the pencil icon in the withholdings question to edit the emp...FIGURE 9-16: Click Tax Exemptions to determine whether you can manage an employ...FIGURE 9-17: QBOP offers two tabs of human resource–related information.FIGURE 9-18: From the Reports page, scroll down to locate Payroll reports.FIGURE 9-19: The Payroll Tax Center after you have recorded payroll information...FIGURE 9-20: The payroll tax returns QBO files on your behalf appear on the For...FIGURE 9-21: Setting up a new contractor.FIGURE 9-22: Provide the Contractor Type information QBO needs to eventually pr...FIGURE 9-23: Select the boxes on the Form 1099 that apply to the payments you m...FIGURE 9-24: The 1099 Transaction Detail report shows information for 1099-elig...

      10 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: The Reports page.FIGURE 10-2: Business Overview reports.FIGURE 10-3: The Management Reports page.FIGURE 10-4: Print Preview of a management report.FIGURE 10-5: Searching for a report.FIGURE 10-6: The Transaction report that appears after clicking an income accou...FIGURE 10-7: The General section of the panel you use to customize a report in ...FIGURE 10-8: Use these settings to control the rows and columns that appear on ...FIGURE 10-9: The filtering options you can control on the Profit and Loss repor...FIGURE 10-10: The Header/Footer settings you can customize on the Profit and Lo...FIGURE 10-11: The report after customizing to include % of Income and % of Expe...FIGURE 10-12: Protected View in Microsoft Excel requires you to click Enable Ed...FIGURE 10-13: Use this panel to save a customized report.FIGURE 10-14: The My Custom Reports page after creating a custom report.FIGURE 10-15: Set an email schedule for a report group.

      11 Chapter 11FIGURE 11-1: Navigating to the QBOA sign-in page.FIGURE 11-2: Provide requested information to create a QBOA account.FIGURE 11-3: A typical QBOA Home page after creating a QBOA account.FIGURE 11-4: The page you use to sign in to QBOA after you set up a QBOA accoun...FIGURE 11-5: The Clients page of the Your Practice view in QBOA.FIGURE 11-6: The choices available from the Gear menu.FIGURE 11-7: The tools available to accountants while working in a client compa...FIGURE 11-8: View, edit, and add members to your QBOA team.FIGURE 11-9: Specify the new user’s access level to your firm’s administration ...FIGURE 11-10: You can provide a team member access to your firm’s clients on a ...FIGURE 11-11: The Home page of an invited team member who has limited privilege...FIGURE 11-12: Click a QuickBooks logo or use the Go to QuickBooks list to open ...FIGURE 11-13: Control the appearance of the Client List page.FIGURE 11-14: Craig’s Design and Landscaping Services, the QBO and QBOA sample ...FIGURE 11-15: Exit from QBOA by signing out.FIGURE 11-16: Use the Actions column to make a client inactive.

      12 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: The Gear menu in QBO.FIGURE 12-2: The Manage Users page has two tabs: Users and Accounting Firms.FIGURE 12-3: The client fills in the accountant’s email information.FIGURE 12-4: A sample email an accountant might receive when invited to access ...FIGURE 12-5: A QBOA Client List page after accepting an invitation from a clien...FIGURE 12-6: The Client Contact Information page of the Add Client wizard.FIGURE 12-7: Select Company Admin.FIGURE 12-8: Assigning the role of master administrator to the client.FIGURE 12-9: Check the number of targets in your QuickBooks Desktop company.FIGURE 12-10: Select all update areas.FIGURE 12-11: Select whether you want to overwrite an existing QBO company or c...FIGURE 12-12: This message appears after you