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CHAPTER 12. CHAPTER 12 OVERVIEW. Budgets Estimates Progress billing Credit Card Sales Bad Debts Audit Trail Accountant Copy. COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009. BUDGETS. Create budgets for: Profit & Loss Balance Sheet. COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009.
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CHAPTER 12 OVERVIEW • Budgets • Estimates • Progress billing • Credit Card Sales • Bad Debts • Audit Trail • Accountant Copy COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
BUDGETS Create budgets for: • Profit & Loss • Balance Sheet COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
ESTIMATES • Create estimates to bid on customer jobs. COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
PROGRESS BILLING • Bill customers as the job progresses. • Receive partial payment from customer before the project is complete COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
CREDIT CARD SALES QuickBooks can also process customers’ credit card payments. Simply: Instead of select Check as Payment Method, select the customer’s type of credit card. Enter Card No. Enter Expiration Date. QuickBooks offers for a fee, Merchant Account Services to process credit card transactions. COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
BAD DEBTS • When a customer fails to pay their account, it is called a bad debt or uncollectible account. • Two methods to account for bad debts are: • Direct write-off method • Allowance method COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
BAD DEBTS Three methods to record a write-off of an uncollectible account are: Make a journal entry. Use the Receive Payments window. Use the Credit Memo window. COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
AUDIT TRAIL The Audit Trail feature tracks all changes (additions, modifications, and deletions) made to your QuickBooks Accounting records. The Audit Trail improves internal control by tracking changes by User ID. Create an Audit Trail report: From the Report Center, select Accountant & Taxes Select Audit Trail. COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
ACCOUNTANT’S COPY • You can create a copy of your QuickBooks company file for your accountant to review and update. • Also, your accountantcan make changes while you continueto use QuickBooks. COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
ACCOUNTANT’S COPY • The Accountant’s Copy QuickBooks file is a .QBX file. • Use the Ask My Accountant account in the QuickBooks Chart of Accounts when you are not sure how to record an item. COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
OTHER ADVANCED FEATURES • Save time • Memorized transactions • Save paper – “Go Green!” • Export reports and lists to: • Microsoft Excel • Microsoft Access • PDF COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009
TURN TO CHAPTER 12VISIT THE ONLINE LEARNING CENTERWWW.MHHE.COM/ULMER2009VISIT THE STUDENT BLOGWWW.QUICKBOOKSBLOG.INFO To Learn More.... COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO 2009