QuickBooks Desktop Self-Employed Freelance Bookkeeping

Learn the minimum bookkeeping for small businesses using QuickBooks Desktop by recording bank and card transactions into the general ledger, generating the trial balance, and generating balance sheets.

Learn to create a QuickBooks Desktop company file, set up express startup, customize accounts, locate and back up the green file, and update the company name and address for reports.

Navigate QuickBooks desktop preferences to customize settings and behaviors. Turn off pop-up messages, disable saving the desktop, enable auto-refresh of reports, and mute date warnings for past or future transactions.

Learn to manage customer and vendor data in QuickBooks Desktop with the customer and vendor centers, including adding, editing, bulk adding vendors, searching by name, and viewing transactions and notes.

Master the chart of accounts in QuickBooks Desktop by creating and naming bank, cash, and credit card accounts, tracking income and expenses, and managing active and inactive accounts.

Customize the icon bar and set up key reports to streamline QuickBooks desktop tasks, adding deposit, check, and credit card windows, plus trial balance and balance sheet for fast access.

Record bank deposits in the make deposit window, logging received from, bank account, date, amount, and reason. See how deposits impact video and editing income and the trial balance.

Record checks and expenses in QuickBooks desktop using the write checks window to reduce the company bank account, entering date, payee, amount, reason, and delivery or supplies expense.

Record seven practice transactions in your trial balance for QuickBooks desktop self-employed bookkeeping, verify balances, and fix discrepancies using course techniques; review vendor lists to ensure accuracy before customer transactions.

Record cash transactions and manage cash on hand in QuickBooks, including deposits, checks, and transfers. Keep receipts and balance cash on hand with trial balance updates.

Record company credit card transactions using the enter credit card charges and refund credit windows, mirroring bank account records, to update the trial balance and expense accounts like utilities.

Use register windows in QuickBooks desktop to manage bank and cash accounts, sort and edit transactions, and record deposits, checks, and cash movements across registers.

Record owner-funded business expenses in QuickBooks desktop using the capital investment register and the increase column, which increases expenses and the owner's capital investment accordingly.

Complete the final practice set in QuickBooks Desktop Self-Employed Freelance Bookkeeping by recording 13 transactions, validating the trial balance, and aligning customer and vendor lists while mastering the register window.

Shows how to fix missing customer deposits in QuickBooks Desktop by editing deposits in the register window, reselecting customers, and ensuring deposits appear in the transaction list by customer.

Explore QuickBooks desktop bank feeds and importing transactions to speed recording, with batch import options and a practical self check project. No accounting background required; basic QuickBooks experience suffices.

Explore how bank feeds import transactions into QuickBooks Desktop and Online, review and classify expenses and income, prevent duplicates, and use web connect files for seamless reconciliation.

Configure bank feeds in QuickBooks Desktop by choosing classic, express, or advanced modes in the preferences, then import, match, or disregard downloaded transactions with rules.

Set up QuickBooks desktop bank feeds by connecting to your financial institution and matching accounts, then download and review transactions in the bank feed center.

Add bank feed center transactions in QuickBooks Desktop by selecting the correct account and payee, then use quick add. They disappear from the review list and appear in the register.

Learn to match downloaded bank feed transactions to existing QuickBooks entries, preventing duplicates by confirming matches and updating QuickBooks amounts to the bank’s figures for checks and deposits.

Learn how the auto match feature in bank feeds within QuickBooks suggests matches for downloaded transactions, and how unmatching reshuffles the next newest transaction in date order, with illustrated examples.

Learn how to speed up bookkeeping by creating and applying rules in QuickBooks Desktop Self-Employed to automatically assign payees, accounts, and income or expense classifications based on downloaded as field.

Apply vendor payments and deposits from the bank feeds review list in QuickBooks Desktop. Learn to apply payments to bills and customer invoices, and understand undeposited funds and deposits.

Record customer prepayments and job deposits in bank feeds using advanced mode, credit the customer's balance, and apply credits to future invoices via accounts receivable.

Explore the options for importing transactions into QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online. Compare Accountants edition, if files, and CSV approaches, with tips on when to use each.

Learn to import web connect qbo/qfx files into the QuickBooks Desktop bank feeds center, reimport when you ignore or delete transactions, and see that results mirror bank feeds.

Learn how to import IIF files into QuickBooks Desktop using an Excel-based IIF file, map codes to transactions, and verify debits, credits, and data fields after import.

Learn to activate and use advanced mode in QuickBooks Desktop bank feeds, enabling per-transaction customer, job, and class additions, review-list search and filter tools, and custom columns for richer data.

Master advanced rules in QuickBooks Desktop bank feeds, using multi-condition and/or logic to change the payee, the account, and the customer job and class, then batch recognize transactions.

Record prepayments from bank feeds in QuickBooks Desktop advanced mode, use the payee field and accounts receivable, and apply credits to future invoices.

Complete the bank feeds desktop practical project in QuickBooks Desktop for self-employed bookkeeping by downloading three files, creating a blank company file, and comparing your results with the instructor.

Learn how to perform QuickBooks Desktop bank reconciliation to ensure 100% correctness of company records, using provided bank statements and files from the course resource tab.

Learn how to perform bank reconciliation in QuickBooks Online to verify that transactions match the bank statement, ensure no omissions, duplicates, or incorrect amounts, and how to handle discrepancies.

Learn how to use bank reconciliation to verify records by calculating the cleared balance in QuickBooks Online and matching it to the bank statement, ensuring accuracy.

Perform the first month bank reconciliation by matching bank statement transactions to the cash in bank ledger and marking cleared items in QuickBooks, including deposits in transit and outstanding checks.

Perform a second month bank reconciliation in QuickBooks Desktop for a single company, confirming beginning equals ending balances, and identifying outstanding checks, deposits in transit, interest income, and monthly fees.

Learn to fix reconciliation errors with the discrepancy report and verify the beginning balance. Correct cleared statuses by unclearing and re-entering checks in QuickBooks Desktop.

Identify and fix four bank reconciliation mistakes in QuickBooks, including changed beginning balance, misrecorded checks, unrecorded checks, and a deposit in transit, then complete the reconciliation.

Perform a first-time bank reconciliation for an old QuickBooks file using a two-phase approach: enter the prior month ending balance, clear pre-month transactions, and apply an adjustment.

Explore the last section on accounts receivable and accounts payable, applying independent-source verification of each transaction, with excerpts from the advanced ar and ap course and a recap test.

Identify and fix misapplied payments in QuickBooks by comparing open invoice reports and customer balance detail, then reapply payments to correct invoices until totals and itemized balances match.

Reapply a customer payment to the correct invoice in QuickBooks desktop, handling partial payments and no exact match by unchecking wrong invoices and saving updates.

Learn to create customer statements in QuickBooks Desktop, including monthly statements with summary and detail, and previewing as of a date for a chosen customer.

Reconcile customer records by comparing the open invoice summary and the customer balance detail on statements, identify differences with the customer, and adjust items until balances match.

Make a partial payment to a bill in QuickBooks, reducing the balance from 1600 to 1000 while keeping the bill on the unpaid bill report, with a clear transaction history.

Reconcile vendor statements by comparing monthly transactions to your records and locate misapplied payments. Open the vendor balance detail, remove check marks, and type the correct amounts to reapply payments.

Learn advanced QuickBooks Desktop skills for self-employed freelance bookkeepers, from general ledger basics to accounts receivable, accounts payable, and banking issues, preparing you for an in-house full charge bookkeeper role.