Using QuickBooks® Accountant 2018 for Accounting (with Quickbooks Desktop 2018 Printed Access Card),
16th Edition

Glenn Owen

ISBN-13: 9780357042076
Copyright 2019 | Published
448 pages | List Price: USD $172.95

Master fundamental accounting concepts while strengthening your proficiency in working with the market-leading QuickBooks® Accountant 2018. Owen's USING QuickBooks® ACCOUNTANT 2018 FOR ACCOUNTING, 16E provides an organized, self-paced, concise approach that emphasizes the technology and application of accounting skills by clearly illustrating how businesses create and use accounting information. Timely new cases and exercises emphasize the latest QuickBooks® 2018 features, while unique "Trouble?" features help you avoid today's most common accounting and software mistakes. A full version of QuickBooks® Accountant 2018 (140-day trial) accompanies each new edition. Helpful online Video Demonstrations walk you through mastering key software skills. Trust this step-by-step instruction to strengthen the accounting and professional skills you need for business success.

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PART I: GETTING STARTED WITH QUICKBOOKS® ACCOUNTANT.
1. An Interactive Tour of QuickBooks® Accountant.
2. Preparing a Balance Sheet Using QuickBooks® Accountant.
3. Preparing an Income Statement Using QuickBooks® Accountant.
4. Preparing a Statement of Cash Flows Using QuickBooks® Accountant.
5. Creating Supporting Reports to Help Make Business Decisions.
PART II: CREATING A QUICKBOOKS® ACCOUNTANT FILE TO RECORD AND ANALYZE BUSINESS EVENTS.
6. Setting Up Your Business's Accounting System.
7. Cash-Oriented Business Activities.
8. Additional Business Activities.
9. Adjusting Entries.
10. Budgeting.
11. Reporting Business Activities.
12. Managing Fixed Assets.
Appendix 1: Payroll Taxes.
Appendix 2: Traditional Accounting: Debits and Credits.
Appendix 3: Helpful References.
Index.

  • Glenn Owen

    Glenn Owen, B.A., C.P.A., recently retired from Allan Hancock College. As part of the accounting and business faculty, he guided students to an understanding of accounting and information systems for 21 years. Mr. Owen is also a retired lecturer from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he taught accounting and information systems courses from 1980 to 2011. His professional experience includes five years at Deloitte & Touche. He also held vice president of finance positions at Westpac Resources, Inc. and Expertelligence, Inc. An acclaimed and well-respected author, Mr. Owen is well known for his QuickBooks® texts, which offer self-paced, case-based instruction on the use of this popular commercial accounting application. His innovative teaching style emphasizes the decision maker’s perspective and encourages students to think creatively. Mr. Owen's graduate studies in educational psychology and his 40 years of business experience yield a balanced blend of theory and practice that permeates and strengthens all of his books.

  • FULL VERSION OF THE LATEST QUICKBOOKS® ACCOUNTANT 2018 ACCOMPANIES EACH NEW EDITION. Your students practice skills using the most recent version of today's leading accounting software. Each new edition comes with immediate 140-day access to the full version of QuickBooks® Accountant 2018.

  • UPDATED ONLINE VIDEO DEMONSTRATIONS WALK STUDENTS THROUGH CRITICAL SOFTWARE SKILLS. These engaging and helpful videos are available on the companion website to reinforce important concepts. Step-by-step video instruction guides students through QuickBooks® Accountant 2018 software using an easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach.

  • NEW AND REVISED CASES AND EXERCISES REFLECT THE MOST RECENT QUICKBOOKS® 2018 FEATURES. All cases and hands-on exercises highlight the latest QuickBooks® 2018 features, providing students with important practical experience.

  • AUTHOR-WRITTEN HELPFUL GRADING RUBRICS SAVE TIME IN GRADING CASES. These useful rubrics, which correspond to the cases at the end of each chapter, save you time in grading and reporting as they link each case requirement and event to a specific student-learning outcome. These valuable rubrics are available on the instructor companion website for your convenience.

  • ONGOING BOSTON CATERING CASE CAN BE USED AS SEPARATE PARTS OR AS A WHOLE. Meaningful exercises related to an engaging Boston Catering case appear in Chapters 6–11. Each part of the case is independent of the other parts, which gives you the flexibility to assign the whole case or focus on separate, individual concepts.

  • ENGAGING NARRATIVE STYLE HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTING TOPICS AND SOFTWARE IN BUSINESS TODAY. The author uses a clear, intriguing approach throughout this edition to emphasize the importance of accounting topics and software in today's business world. Students see how and why successful systems operate with multiple applications.

  • UNIQUE "TROUBLE?" FEATURES PINPOINT TODAY'S MOST COMMON ACCOUNTING AND SOFTWARE CHALLENGES. These valuable features throughout each chapter help learners anticipate common software and accounting mistakes and avoid those frequent stumbling points.

  • STEP-BY-STEP BUILDING BLOCK APPROACH BREAKS INSTRUCTION INTO SMALLER, MANAGEABLE SEGMENTS. This edition walks students through each step in detail, in order to master both key accounting principles and the latest QuickBooks® skills.

  • ICONS IN THE MARGINS CLEARLY IDENTIFY SERVICE OR MERCHANDISING APPLICATIONS. This edition highlights service and merchandising businesses using margin icons throughout the text. These icons clearly direct attention to today's service or merchandising applications within the book's comprehensive coverage.

  • PAYROLL ACCOUNTING IS INTRODUCED IN OPTIONAL APPENDIX. You have the flexibility to teach payroll accounting, one of the most significant facets of organizations, with this edition's optional Payroll Accounting appendix. An additional appendix covers traditional accounting with debits and credits, if you wish to integrate this material into your course.

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