QuickBooks for Nonprofits & Churches: A Setp-By-Step Guide to the Pro, Premier, and Nonprofit Versions

Book Synopsis: The ONLY book for using QuickBooks Pro, Premier, or Nonprofit in a Nonprofit or a Religious Organization. The Accountant Beside You, CPA Lisa London, has helped tens of thousands of readers worldwide set up efficient systems to reduce frustration and save time and money.

In QuickBooks for Nonprofits & Churches-The Step-By-Step Guide to the Pro, Premier, and Nonprofit Versions, Lisa explains in simple, concise terms the steps you need to take to:

• design a chart of accounts for your specific organization
• receive and track grants
• handle payroll in house, including pastor housing allowance
• use bank feeds
• record investment income and stock gains & losses
• track member accounts
• keep the money safe with easy to follow internal controls
• customize donor acknowledgements
• and so much more.

A CPA with decades of experience working with businesses, nonprofits, and churches, Lisa London explains complex concepts in a reader-friendly engaging manner. Hundreds of screen shots guide you through the process. Whether you are new to QuickBooks or an experienced user, Lisa London will be The Accountant Beside You all the way.

Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1 QuickBooks, Fund Accounting, & Internal Controls
2. Chapter 2 Acquainting Yourself with QuickBooks
3. Chapter 3 Getting Started
4. Chapter 4 Designing the Chart of Accounts
5. Chapter 5 Tracking Grants & Programs
6. Chapter 6 Tracking the Transactions-Items
7. Chapter 7 Setting Up Donors and Vendors
8. Chapter 8 Importing Donors & Vendors from Files
9. Chapter 9 Recording the Money Coming In
10. Chapter 10 Recording the Money Going Out
11. Chapter 11 Entering Payroll
12. Chapter 12 Using Bank Feeds
13. Chapter 13 Reconciling the Bank
14. Chapter 14 Designing & Running Reports
15. Chapter 15 Planning the Budget
16. Chapter 16 Closing Out Month End and Year End
17. Chapter 17 How Do I Handle…?
1. How Do I Account For …?
1. Mission Trips or Member-Specific Accounts
2. Fundraisers
3. In-Kind Donations
4. Volunteer Hours
5. Show a Reserve Account on the Income Statement
6. Inter-fund Transfers
7. Donations of Stock
8. Investment Gains and Losses
2. How Do I …?
1. Set Up Multiple-Users and Passwords
2. Send an Accountant Copy
3. Record a Mortgage
4. Send a Thank You from the Receipts Screen
5. Using the purchase order option on grants
6. Merge duplicated donor or vendor accounts

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