Overview Create a company file Easy setup assistant Set up preferences Set a password for the Administrator user ID Set up accounts Enter account opening balancesOverview Set up sales Set up purchases Set up payroll Do an initial bank reconciliationTask 1: Identify uncleared withdrawals and deposits Task 2: Record uncleared withdrawals and deposits Task 3: ReconcileCreate item records Enter your inventory opening balances Set up Business Services Set up Payroll Tax Forms Set up a Web Store Manage AccountEdge Mobile Manage AccountEdge Connect Manage Rerun Customer Portal Setup UPS Shipping SetupReceiving money Bank deposits Spending money Entering transactions in the Bank Register window Transferring money between accounts Tracking petty cash expenses Recording miscellaneous transactions Void Checks Credit card transactions Credit card payments using Merchant Account ServiceProcessing credit card payments using Merchant Account Service Declined authorization Timed-out authorization Voiding Merchant Account Service credit card paymentsReconciling your bank accounts Importing statements Analyzing your cash flowCreating a lead card Creating a customer card Entering salesTask 1: Enter information about the customer Task 2: Choose the type of sale Task 3: Enter the items or services you are selling Task 4: Enter additional information about the sale Task 5: Complete the sale Adding and deleting transaction lines, subtotals, and headers in sales transactionsRecording sales with insufficient on-hand item quantities Changing the status of a sale Change Orders Reviewing your sales information Receiving payments Printing and Emailing payment receipts Credit control Customer credits Dealing with a vendor who is also a customer Accounting for bad debts Manage Retainers, Escrows & Trusts Progress Billing Process Web Orders Managing Sales TaxHow to manage your sales tax Step 1: Setup tax codes Step 2: Assign tax codes to customers and vendors Step 3: What reports to run when its time to file your sales tax return Step 4: How to deal with making adjustments Step 5: Cutting the checkCommission TrackingCreating a vendor card Entering purchasesEntering a purchase transaction Task 1: Enter information about the vendor Task 2: Choose the type of purchase Task 3: Enter the items or services you are purchasing Task 4: Enter additional information about the purchase Task 5: Complete the purchase Adding and deleting lines, subtotals, and headers to purchasesReceiving items without a billSet up an accrual account for items received without a vendor bill Record items received without a billCreating a purchase order from a sale Changing the status of a purchase Reviewing your purchases information Paying bills Preparing electronic payments Recording and settling vendor debits Adding finance charges paid to vendorsCreating payroll categoriesWages Information window Accrual Information window Deduction Information window Employer Expense Information window Editing payroll categoriesCreating employee cards Entering employee payroll information Timesheets Processing your payrollTask 1: Select the pay period Task 2: [Optional] Include employee timesheets Task 3: Select and edit paychecks Task 4: Record employee pays Task 5: Process payments Task 6: Print/email pay stubsPayroll liabilities Reviewing payroll informationViewing pay history Viewing prior year payroll reports Viewing an employee’s accrual balances Analyzing payroll Reviewing payroll liabilitiesPayroll tax formsAbout the time billing feature Setting time billing preferences Setting billing rates Creating activities Creating activity slips Reviewing and changing activity slips Creating time billing invoices Work in progress Billing Rate LevelsCreating items Create Item Kits Creating Item Variations Making inventory adjustments Inventory locations Building items Counting inventory Reviewing your inventory information Setting item prices Customizing inventoryCreating custom price levels Creating custom lists Custom lists and inventory reports Creating brands list Brands list and inventory reports Weight Creating custom fields Creating tags list Tag list and inventory reportsWeb Store Item Sync Track Serial NumbersAbout the multiple-currency feature Setting up multiple currenciesTask 1: Select the multiple currency option Task 2: Set up records for foreign currencies Task 3: Create accounts to track foreign-currency transactions Task 4: Assign accounts to foreign currencies Task 5: Assign currencies to foreign customers and vendorsExchange rates Tracking currency gains and losses Miscellaneous transactionsAdding a record Setting up tax codes Finding a record Changing a record Inactivating or reactivating a record Deleting a record Combining records Tracking Mileage Document Manager Email TemplatesFinding a transaction Changing or deleting a transaction Reversing a transaction Recurring transactions Create copy of a transaction Publishing to CalendarFinding forms Sending forms Customizing formsTask 1: Display the form Task 2: Set up form properties Task 3: Add and edit elements Task 4: Preview the customized form Task 5: Save the customized form Task 6: Print the customized form Changing the default fonts on formsAdding and editing elementsCreating a card Keeping in touch with your contacts Grouping your contacts Synchronizing AccountEdge cards with Microsoft Outlook contactsExporting your AccountEdge cards to your Outlook contacts Importing your Outlook contacts to your AccountEdge cardsCustomizing cards Reviewing your contact informationTracking financial information Tracking reimbursable expensesTask 1: Set up a job Task 2: Assign expenses to the job Task 3: Bill the customer Changing the status of a reimbursable expenseBudgets Auditing your records Reviewing financial informationMonth-end proceduresTask 1: Run the Company Data Auditor Task 2: Reconcile your bank accounts Task 3: Review reports Task 4: Send customer statements Task 5: Record depreciation Task 6: Pay payroll taxes Task 7: Lock periodsStarting a new fiscal yearTask 1: Complete month-end tasks Task 2: Perform an inventory count Task 3: Provide information to your accountant Task 4: Enter end-of-year adjustments Task 5: Back up your company file Task 6: Start a new fiscal year Task 7: Optimize and verify your company fileStarting a new payroll yearTask 1: Run your last payroll Task 2: Optimize and verify your company file Task 3: Back up your company file Task 4: Start a new payroll year Task 5: Install product updates Task 6: Run your first payroll Task 7: Restore your backup Task 8: Print year-end payroll forms Task 9: Print vendor 1099 statements Task 10: Print payroll reportsPreparing 1099 and 1096 formsManaging user accounts Backing up and restoring company files Servicing your company fileChecking your company file for errors Optimizing your company file Purging information that is no longer needed Troubleshooting file-locking problems Changing company file dateSpecial considerations for networking company filesExporting data Exporting to and importing from AccountantLink Importing data -Managing import and export records AppleScriptsPreparing company files for multiple users Setting up the network hardware Setting up a company-file folder on a Mac OS X host Accessing the shared company file from Mac OS X workstations Setting up a company-file folder on a Windows host Accessing the shared company file from a Windows workstation
