QuickBooks 2014: The Missing Manual: The Official Intuit Guide to QuickBooks 2014

This is an awesome book.The one challenge I would like Bonnie to address in her future versions, is how the vendors (e.g. American Express) work in collaboration with QuickBooks. I am still not clear on how to sync the Amex payments (charges are ok ... go that) just not sure how to allocate the charges so they sync ... even AMEC couldn't (didn't) answer my question after a zillion emails / phone calls !Still on a positive note ... great book with lots of great ideas, best practices, and step by step instructions on how to do every aspect of QuickBooks accounting.

This book is like the documentation we used to receive with software years ago. If you could read you never had any need for tech support. Nowadays the software folks live in a code world and never put anything down in writing. I was amazed to discover that it is over 780 pages long! They should show a 3/4 view picture of the book in the listing for it to show how big it is.The book is written in conversational language and so far has anticipated every question I have had. It is very easy to find the proper subject area when looking for help.I would highly recommend it to anyone who is considering purchasing QB. I have attended Quick Books seminars and have learned more from this book than I did at those. To be fair I'm not an accountant, was married to one at the time we attended. Those are geared toward real accountants. This book is for the rest of us.

while I have a pretty good background in book keeping and accounting, programmers have a way of confusing anything. The online help in quickbooks, as most of you know, really lacks a lot and isn't for us "book people". I found this book to do the job almost all the time when I need details of how quickbooks treats certain items and a simple How-To on many functions. I have it on the desk next to me all the time so you can actually use this one.a good book and a great reference. Lite reading it isn't.

A very complete book, without being too technical. Table of contents and the index are very complete, making it very easy to look up anything you need. I started reading it from page 1, but found that I did not need some of the discussion for some areas of the QuickBook's programs since I don't use them all. This book should meet everyone's needs and is very reasonably priced. Excellent value.

I am giving a 3 star rating to this book mainly because the font is so small and very light. It doesn't seem to be a high quality print. I went to a local book store to compare and there was no difference. The information in it is good though.

I am horrible at book keeping. Not even sure that's how you spell "book keeping". Is it one word or two? Anyway, there were a number of issues I had with building a starting balance, making distributions to shareholders, depreciating props, that sort of thing. Quickbooks has a q&a section which may answer your questions but it's apparently done by an accounting expert who assumes I have a clue. It's all greek to me. The Missing Manual is huge and I've probably used a total of 20 pages but let me tell you, it's saved me hours of frustration and worth every penny when I'm about to rip my hair out!

I bought this book to get caught up on the differences between the new version of QB and the old. This book was a waste of my money...it seems to be written for a first time user (who would be setting up a new company and all that jazz), so the first several chapters are completely useless to me. I bought the kindle version, so it is a pain in the but to keep flipping through several pages of the table of contents to get the the subjects I need. Also, the way the chapters are titled is wacky...you are deceived into thinking a certain title will lead you to a chapter on the information that you are seeking, but it does not! There are not enough visual illustrations, so it is hard to make heads or tails out of the content (unless you are sitting in front of the PC...but even then the awkward wording of the information is still,very hard to follow). Maybe this book might be helpful to a first time user, but for me it was a waste of my money!

There are many QuickBooks manuals that tell how to do complex transactions within the limitations of QB. I have these manuals and they sit dusty on my bookshelf. In contrast, Bonnie tells you step-by-step how to do everyday activities in QB, beginning with the day you establish your company in QB. At 757 pages, Bonnie steps you through every accounting function (CoA, customers, vendors, A/R, A/P, payroll, etc). This is a QB manual that you and your staff can use daily.

Should be supplied with the software.

Delivery was on time. A bit disappointed that this Manual is clearly aimed at the US market as there is no mention of the VAT management function. This was not made clear in the product description. However there are enough other hints and tips that I don't feel it was a complete waste of money.

better than the average training manual. Not cheap (none of them are). But illustrations, layouts, use of commentary boxes help keeps you engaged with it.There is a free to download PDF version too. I still like a hardcopy book to touch and use, but the PDF will be useful as backup, and for use with others who just need "a bit".

very practical book

This does indeed provide a comprehensive guide to QuickBooks, and acts as a crucial reference book to keep alongside you. However, it deals with the US version of the software so issues such as VAT and PAYE are not addressed directly.