* Quicken is the #1 personal finance software on the market, with
greater than 70 percent retail market share and 16 million active
users
* This book features eight minibooks comprising nearly 750
pages-all the information people need to get the most out of the
latest Quicken release, get their finances under control, start
building a nest egg, and pay less to the IRS
* The only book on the market to include coverage on Quicken
Premier Home & Business
* Minibook topics include personal finance basics, an
introduction to Quicken, household finances, planning ahead and
saving, tracking investments, retirement planning, taxes, and
managing small business finances
* Quicken books are consistent top sellers, with more than
900, 000 copies of Quicken For Dummies sold in all in all
editions
Table des matières
Introduction.
Book I: Personal Finance Basics.
Chapter 1: Earning Income and Investing.
Chapter 2: Paying Bills.
Chapter 3: Budgeting.
Chapter 4: Protecting Yourself.
Chapter 5: Planning for the Future.
Book II: Quicken Basics.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Quicken.
Chapter 2: Using the Register.
Chapter 3: Managing Your Accounts.
Chapter 4: Reconciling an Account.
Chapter 5: Introducing Online Banking Services.
Book III: Investments.
Chapter 1: Quicken and Investments.
Chapter 2: Your Portfolio.
Chapter 3: Monitoring Your Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts.
Chapter 4: Watch Lists and News You Can Use.
Book IV: Household Finances.
Chapter 1: Borrowing Money.
Chapter 2: Using a Credit Card Account.
Chapter 3: Your Home.
Chapter 4: Quicken Billminder and Bill Pay.
Chapter 5: Budgeting in Quicken.
Book V: Taxes.
Chapter 1: The Quicken Tax Center.
Chapter 2: Entering Tax-Friendly Information.
Chapter 3: Tax Reports You Can Use.
Chapter 4: Interfacing with Turbo Tax.
Chapter 5: Tax Planning with Quicken.
Book VI: Retirement Planning and Other Saving.
Chapter 1: The Quicken Financial Planner.
Chapter 2: Tracking Your Retirement Savings in Quicken.
Chapter 3: Savings Goals.
Chapter 4: Saving for College.
Chapter 5: Automating Your Savings Program.
Book VII: Quicken Reports.
Chapter 1: Creating Quick Reports.
Chapter 2: Quicken’s Standard Reports.
Chapter 3: Customizing Reports.
Chapter 4: Printing and Saving Reports.
Book VIII: Small Business Finances.
Chapter 1: Quicken Premier Home & Business.
Chapter 2: Tracking Accounts Payable and Accounts
Receivable.
Chapter 3: Tracking Jobs and Payroll.
Chapter 4: Recording Fixed Assets.
Chapter 5: Business Forms and Reports.
Book IX: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Backing Up Data.
Appendix B: Aggravating Things About Quicken.
Appendix C: Resources for Personal Finance.
Appendix D: Getting Help with Quicken.
Index.
A propos de l’auteur
Gail A. Perry is a licensed CPA, financial journalist,
author, speaker, and instructor. Gail prides herself on her ability
to present technical subjects in plain English and often with a
touch of humor. Gail is a contributing editor at Accounting
Today magazine, the premiere business newspaper for the tax and
accounting community. Gail is a former senior tax accountant with
the Big Four accounting firm, Deloitte, where she provided tax
planning services and financial advice to individuals and small
businesses. She continues to maintain a tax and financial
consulting practice for about 50 clients.
An accomplished freelance writer, Gail is the author of 18 books
and coauthor of several more on various aspects of personal
finance, taxation, and financial software. Some of her titles
include Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to
Living Well on Less Income, Show Me Quick Books, Turbo Tax:
The Official Guide, and Turbo Tax For Dummies. She has
also written hundreds of articles for newspapers, magazines, and
financial Web sites, and was a weekly tax columnist for five years
for the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News daily
newspapers.
Gail is a former college accounting instructor and has been
teaching adult computer classes (including Quicken) since the
mid-1980s. She currently teaches an online personal finance course.
She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English from
Indiana University.