Introduction 1 Part 1: Basic Bookkeeping: Why You Need It 5 Chapter 1: So, You Want to Do the Books 7 Chapter 2: Getting Down to Bookkeeping Basics 17 Chapter 3: Outlining Your Financial Road Map with a Chart of Accounts. 29 Part 2: Keeping a Paper Trail 45 Chapter 4: Ledgers: A One-Stop Summary of Your Business Transactions 47 Chapter 5: Keeping Journals 59 Chapter 6: Computer Options for Your Bookkeeping 77 Chapter 7: Controlling Your Books, Your Records, and Your Money 87 Chapter 8: Securing Your Online Bookkeeping 105 Part 3: Tracking Your Day-to-Day Operations with Your Books 111 Chapter 9: Buying and Tracking Your Purchases 113 Chapter 10: Counting Your Sales 125 Chapter 11: Employee Payroll and Benefits 143 Chapter 12: Employer-Paid Taxes and Government Payroll Reporting 165 Part 4: Preparing the Books for Year's (or Month's) End 177 Chapter 13: Depreciating Your Assets 179 Chapter 14: Paying and Collecting Interest 189 Chapter 15: Proving Out the Cash 199 Chapter 16: Closing the Journals 213 Chapter 17: Checking Your Accuracy -- By Trial and (Hopefully) No Error. 225 Chapter 18: Adjusting the Books 237 Part 5: Reporting Results and Starting Over 247 Chapter 19: Developing a Balance Sheet 249 Chapter 20: Producing an Income Statement 263 Chapter 21: Completing Year-End Payroll and Reports 277 Chapter 22: Satisfying the Tax Man 289 Chapter 23: Prepping the Books for a New Accounting Cycle 305 Part 6: The Part of Tens 311 Chapter 24: Top Ten Ways to Manage Your Business Cash with Your Books 313 Chapter 25: Top Ten (Okay, Eleven) Most Important Accounts for Any Bookkeeper 317 Glossary 321 Index 325.