Restaurant QuickBooks Guide, 2nd Edition (PDF Format)
QuickBooks Chart of Accounts Import File and Directions
Click here to download a file that will create a fully configured Chart of
Accounts in your new QuickBooks 2016 (or later) Company file. This chart of
accounts is consistent with the National Restaurant Association "Uniform
System of Accounts for Restaurants".
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down for information on our Restaurant Operators Complete Guide to QuickBooks.
Note: the download file is a ZIP file which will open to the file that you will
import into QuickBooks (the import file is named restaurant-coa.iif).
The download file should first be saved to your computer's hard drive, and then
"unzipped" by double clicking on it.
Once the file is unzipped, open your QuickBooks software program and follow the
directions below to 1) Create a new QuickBooks company file, and then 2) Import
the .iif file into QuickBooks thereby creating
your Chart of Accounts in this newly created file:
DIRECTIONS FOR QUICKBOOKS 2016 or later users:
1) From
the QuickBooks Menu Bar select File...New Company
2) From
the Opening Screen that appears select the "Other Options" button in the lower left portion of the window, then select "Advanced
Setup". See image below. DO NOT select the Start Setup button!
3) Enter
your company information.
4) SKIP
the Select Your Industry screen and select Next.
5) Select
the legal status of your business and select Next.
6) Select
the first month of your Fiscal Year and select Next.
7) Setup
your Administrative Password (Optional) then select Next.
8) Create
the new Company file by selecting Next.
9) Select
the location on your hard drive where the new company file will live (e.g. Documents).
Then click SAVE.
10) From
the "Customize QuickBooks for Your Business" window select Next.
11) From
the "What do you Sell" window make the appropriate selection, then select Next.
12) Click
Yes to charge Sales Tax then select Next.
13) Make
appropriate selections to the next few screens till you get to the Tracking Inventory in QuickBooks window. Select NO and then continue till you get to the Using
Accounts in QuickBooks window, then select Next.
14) Select
your Start Date from the options, then select Next.
15) From
the Review Income & Expense Accounts window
UNCLICK (De-select) all accounts that have a check mark in the left margin!
Before proceeding make sure that no accounts are selected then select Next.
16) From
the Congratulations window select "Go to Setup".
17) Select
the "Start Working" button.
18) From the QuickBooks menu (top left) select File|Utilities|Import|iif
19) Now
select the file you downloaded in the first step of this process. Its name is restaurant-coa.iif.
To
view your new Chart of Accounts go the the QuickBooks Main Menu and select Lists|Chart of
Accounts
Note: In order to insure that you new Chart of
Accounts functions in the way it was intended be sure to activate the
QuickBooks account numbering option using QuickBooks Preferences (from the Menu
Bar select Edit...Preferences. Now select the Accounting icon on the left side
of the Preference Screen and then select the Company Preferences Tab. Check the
box that reads "Use Account Numbers". Also check the box directly
below that reads "Show lowest subaccount only")
Restaurant Accounting made easy with this publication....
Restaurant Operators Complete Guide to QuickBooks, 2nd Edition
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A
detailed step-by-step guide to the most popular small business accounting
software program. Written exclusively for restaurant operators, in a jargon
free and easy to understand style. The author, John Nessel, a forty year veteran of the restaurant business and currently a restaurant
consultant, is a Certified QuickBooks Advisor and has been using QuickBooks
since 1994. The
guide also includes operating ratios from the Restaurant Industry Operations
Report to help you analyze your Operation. "I've tried several times to use QuickBooks for my
restaurant, but could never get it setup to do what I wanted it to do. I have
had QuickBooks for several years and was giving it one last try! I was
looking on the Internet for information on General Ledger account numbers for
restaurants because the ones in QuickBooks just don't work, and I found YOUR
site. After downloading and reading your guide I knew it was what I had been
looking for. It is written so that "we" can understand, and it answers all
those questions I had on using QuickBooks in the restaurant industry. I now
have one less thing to turn gray over. Running a restaurant is a life style,
and this guide just made our life a little easier THANK YOU!" |