QuickBooks Online For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) 4th Edition

It answered the questions I had - and looks like it will be a handy book to have - just in case :)

Very helpful to set up my bookkeeping

As far as it goes, its good. However what many people need is a clear and detailed review of how add-on apps attach themselves to QBO. How do these apps drop data into accounts? Do they add accounts to the chart of accounts? Apparently QBO payroll does this but doesn't tell you it did. (As a result you end up with duplicate payroll accounts, the pre-set accounts in the chart of accounts and then ones added by the payroll account, which I presume is to make sure the payroll app has the proper accounts to drop taxes, wages, etc. into in QBO.) How about that QBO, some explanation? That's one of several reasons I bought this book and was disappointed that there wasn't much, if any, detail on this. I know this is labeled for DUMMIES but you don't really mean that. A more technical discussion of the programming API's or hooks for how QBO communicates with other programs would be most helpful for those who need to know more. And no that is not something relegated to some programming book. Just a simple explanation such as: QBO provides entry points (sometimes called API's) that allow apps to transfer data into or out of QBO and to add necessary accounts to the chart of accounts to provide a place for the data. Typically such accounts, if created, occur as expense or income accounts. Then send us to an appendix for the down and dirty details that most people would skip. I also fault Intuit for this because while they provide many videos, they are somewhat simplistic when you are trying to find out more detailed knowledge of how things work. Of course the same could be said of the app developers who don't give any detail about adding accounts, what detail gets dumped into which accounts and so forth. Most people will find enough detail in the book, but if problems are happening and you need to get down in the swamp of details, this book will not be enough.

This book did almost nothing to increase my knowledge on how to use Quickbooks Online Self-Employed. No step by step instructions- seemed to assume that I already knew how Quickbooks works then why would I need a Book for Dummies. It was a total waste of my time & money.

This book is mildly helpful in my opinion. So many of the questions I have are not addressed. Perhaps a different business would find it useful. We are a dental office and so many things are different for us. Simple things like bank downloads, entering ongoing entries I don’t find in this book.

Perfect for learning!

Just as shown

Love it