This chapter is for everyone

If there is one universal necessity in business, it is getting money into the bank account XE "bank account" . But this chapter is even more pivotal. It includes instructions on navigating in all registers in QuickBooks? . Reading the entire chapter will probably save you time in the long run. Experienced users may find surprises. The sequence begins assuming that you have just completed setting up a company, as described in the previous chapter. Instructions on operation in Windows are not included here, but may be found in chapter 23 or 24.

"Launching a bank account" may seem like overstating the task. The words were chosen carefully. With a sound foundation, and accurate data entry, each month's reconciliation becomes a simple task, yielding positive results.

The bank account register is described in fine-grained detail, and it will be the only register to get this treatment. When you have a grasp of this register, the others will come easily. The sections following describe Make Deposits and Write checks.