封面
版权页
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Time for action – heading
Reader feedback
Customer support
Chapter 1. Getting Started with GnuCash
Time for action – installing GnuCash on Windows
But first a tip to make your life easier with auto-save
Taking the drudgery out of setting up accounts
Time for action – creating the default business accounts
Getting your business accounts done just right
Time for action – fine tuning business accounts
How to impress your accountant
Strengths and limitations of GnuCash
Summary
Chapter 2. Transactions – the Lifeblood of a Business
Time for action – entering simple transactions quickly and easily
Entering a simple transaction in the account register
Time for action – entering a simple transaction in the account register
Entering a more complex transaction in the account register
Time for action – entering a split transaction in the account register
Anybody can change their mind
Time for action – editing cancelling and deleting transactions
A feeling of déjà vu
Time for action – reusing transactions
Summary
Chapter 3. Fun and Eye-opening Part - Reports and Charts
Time for action – viewing standard reports and charts
Creating a custom report and saving it
Time for action – creating a custom report and saving it
Working with stylesheets
Time for action – working with stylesheets
Exporting reports
Time for action – exporting reports
Summary
Chapter 4. How not to Get Lost in the Transactions Jungle
Manual reconciliation
Time for action – reconciling with a printed monthly statement
Electronic reconciliation
Time for action – reconciling with a downloaded electronic statement
Credit card reconciliation
Vital point to remember when importing an OFX file
Recovering from wrong selection of account
Time for action – changing the account to import into
Summary
Chapter 5. Repetitive Work? Let GnuCash do it
Time for action – creating a recurring transaction from the register
A stitch in time saves nine
Time for action – triggering scheduled transactions
Tool to create many recurring transactions
Time for action – creating scheduled transactions in bulk
Summary
Chapter 6. Business Mantra: Buy Now Pay Later
Billing terms and customers
Time for action – setting up billing terms and adding customers
Invoices and Accounts Receivable
Time for action – keeping track of credit sales
Setting the starting invoice number
Time for action – setting the starting invoice number
Processing payment
Time for action – when the check is on hand
Bills and accounts payable
Time for action – keeping track of credit purchases
Summary
Chapter 7. Budget: Trip Planner for your Business
Time for action – creating a budget for your business
Employees and payroll
Time for action – making payroll entries in GnuCash
Depreciation
Time for action – making depreciation entries for assets
Owner's drawing
Time for action – entering owner's draw in your books
Summary
Chapter 8. Making Tax Times Less Stressful
Setting up income tax related accounts
Time for action – mapping GnuCash accounts to tax schedules
Creating income tax schedule report and TXF export
Time for action – getting the numbers for tax returns
Setting up sales tax tables
Time for action – setting up sales tax tables
Applying sales tax to invoices
Time for action – charging sales tax on sales
Summary
Chapter 9. Printing Checks and Finding Transactions
Time for action – searching for a transaction
Printing checks
Time for action – printing checks
Numbered accounts
Time for action – assigning numbers to accounts
Financial calculator
Time for action – calculating mortgage payments
Summary
Chapter 10. Adapting GnuCash for Non-profits and Personalizing
Bookkeeping for non-profits
Time for action – using GnuCash features for non-profits
Keeping funds for projects separately
Time for action – allocating funds for projects
Getting overall Income Statement
Time for action – getting overall Income Statement
Personalizing GnuCash
Time for action – getting your work environment just right
Protecting your data
Time for action – backing up your data
Summary
Chapter 11. Data Import/Export: Use your Phone to enter Expenses
Time for action – using a smartphone to save expense data
Sending data through an expense tracking service
Time for action – using an expense tracking service to get data into GnuCash
Migrating to GnuCash from other accounting software
Time for action – migrating to GnuCash from other software
Exporting data from GnuCash
Time for action – exporting data from GnuCash for migration and other purposes
Summary
Chapter 12. Application Integration and Other Advanced Topics
Using OpenOffice.org Base to query data
Time for action – using popular office software to query GnuCash data
Using MS Excel to create reports and charts
Time for action – connecting from Excel to create reports and charts
Application integration
Time for action – exporting contact information from GnuCash
Foreign currency transactions
Time for action – invoicing and receiving payment in Canadian dollars
Other handy tips and tricks
Time for action – grouping invoices for each contract separately
Summary
Appendix A. Pop Quiz Answers
Index
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