If you’re a new bookkeeper for a business that uses Quicken accounting software, you could probably use a bit of help and encouragement. Let me try to do that here. Specifically, I will explain what you should know about your computer, Windows, and Quicken. And I can explain how you should perform … [Read more...] about How to Be a Good Bookkeeper Using Quicken
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Understanding Quicken’s Annual Return Calculations
If you’re an active investor and you use Quicken for your investment recordkeeping, you may wonder about Quicken’s annual return calculation, which appears on some of the Quicken investment reports. Because this return value—technically an “internal rate of return”—is complicated to calculate and … [Read more...] about Understanding Quicken’s Annual Return Calculations
Tracking Rental Property with Quicken
No matter which version of the software you use, Quicken provides a handy format for tracking real estate investments such as income property. By using the Quicken software for this recordkeeping, you can prepare summaries of income and expenses by property for monitoring your individual real … [Read more...] about Tracking Rental Property with Quicken
Quicken vs. QuickBooks
Small business owners frequently ask us, “Can I use Quicken or do I have to use QuickBooks for my business?” Since Steve, the firm’s founding CPA, is the author of both Quicken for Dummies and Quickbooks for Dummies, we can probably provide some useful information on the Quicken vs. QuickBooks … [Read more...] about Quicken vs. QuickBooks