Description
This is the original step-by-step book on how use QuickBooks ® effectively for your law practice. This fully-illustrated book was written to help walk an attorney or anyone that does law office accounting navigate through the sometimes tricky task of setting up and maintaining a law practice.
This book was written by Lynette Benton, Industry expert for Attorneys using QuickBooks. Lynette is the author of several books for attorneys using QuickBooks ®, including the “One Hour” book published by the ABA, and has consulted with Intuit on the Professional Services version of QuickBooks ®. She has over 16 years experience helping Law Firms setup, use, and integrate QuickBooks ® into their daily activities, and with this book she can help you get the most out of QuickBooks ®.
This is a comprehensive book that covers all of these topics and more. You will learn how to:
- Track Client Trust Account Deposits
- Track Postage, Copies and Other Client Costs
- Track Billable and Non Billable Time
- Track Reimbursed Expenses and Contingency Cases
- Setup Your Operating Account
- Setup a Trust Bank Account
- Setup Clients and Vendors
- Create Reports to Help You Stay in Compliance with Trust Account Regulations
- Writing Checks and Reconciling Bank Accounts
- Check for Conflicts of Interest
- and much more!
We also include access to a sample data file so you can follow along with the book and see for yourself the transactions in QuickBooks®.
Law Practice Accounting Using QuickBooks® includes the entire contents of Trust Accounting Using QuickBooks® book, so there is no need to purchase both books. However, If you are already familiar with QuickBooks®, but only need to learn how to use QuickBooks® to handle Trust Accounts, take a look at Trust Accounting Using QuickBooks®.
Lorraine Piurowski –
Easy to follow directions for setting up and reviewing trust accounts.
Jessica Christophillis –
This is a wonderful book to have as a reference for all issues related to accounting for attorneys! Lynette was so accommodating regarding our questions on how to properly set up our firm. I would recommend this book to ALL attorneys who use QuickBooks for their accounting needs!
Linda Murphy –
I really like the way the book is layed out. I can flip through it and find the particular area I am interested in at the time or use the contents page. I also like the sample chart of accounts and items included with the book. It has been and will continue to be of great value to me.
Teresa Murrell –
This book is incredible! Worth every penny! If you are setting up Quickbooks for a law firm, this book is a must-have. As a new user of Quickbooks while setting up a new law firm, I was overwhelmed. I knew the setup of information was critical in order to get the information I would need later. If this book is read before setup, and then used as step-by-step instruction manual during setup, you cannot go wrong. It covers everything from setup to reporting. And the best part is that Lynette is a simple phone call away with answers or clarifications for any questions you may have. Thank you, Lynette!
Charles M Dixon –
I am delighted with the book. I had purchased QuickBooks® about a year ago. I then figured that I needed help using it and so I paid a near-by accounting firm $485.00 for help. About two weeks later, I gave it up completely, it was costing a fortune in additional telephone calls and it was taking forever to do the simplest things. With your book, I was using it effectively with in about six hours; my trusts were set up and I was doing business out of QuickBooks®. If you had any idea how much time that you have saved; if you had any idea how much sanity that I have remaining at the end of the day with your help then you would come to Kentucky and demand an additional payment.
Stacey M. Barrus –
This book is a must for any small firm or solo practitioner! I cannot imagine trying to manage my law firm finances and trust accounting without it. It is a must read for anyone wanting to streamline and simply their law office accounting procedures. This book has saved me so much time that it has paid for itself many times over. I use it weekly as a reference guide, and have recommended it to many of my colleagues.