Measure Profitability For every dollar of sales, your company (hopefully) earns some amount of profit. Do you know how much? See your net profit margin graphed over 4 quarters. Learn how to interpret the results, and what actions you can take to improve your profitability. Analyze Financial Strength Lenders look at your financial strength to determine loan eligibility. Shouldn't you know what numbers they're looking at? This tool displays your current ratio and working capital. It also explains what these numbers mean and how you can use them to improve the success of your business. Compare Debt and Ownership Determine whether you are using financing effectively by regularly reviewing your debt to equity ratio with this tool. See how much of your business is funded by debt, and how much is funded by the owner(s). Use the tool to plan for major purchases and new loans. Depreciate Your Assets Learn depreciation basics: which items are depreciable, how depreciation methods differ, and how to enter depreciation expenses into your books. Calculate and compare annual depreciation amounts and keep a record of your fixed assets. What should I be doing weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly? Certain tasks fall neatly into weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly time frames. You'll spend far less time on periodic tasks because QuickBooks pulls together the information needed to complete them for you. Use this tool to help remind you of the tasks you need to do on a regular basis, as well as learn more about how to do them.

Manage Your Receivables Measure the effectiveness of your Accounts Receivable management with the average collections period calculator. Establish a credit policy, learn successful billing habits, and find out how to collect overdue bills. Improve Your Cash Flow QuickBooks has several features that can help you improve cash flow. Use this tool to learn about each. See how to email invoices, accept credit cards, get paid online, and use recommended A/R management strategies to create a simple and streamlined system for getting paid - quickly!

Employee, Contractor or Temp? Should you hire an employee, retain an independent contractor, or use a temporary employee? This tool describes the benefits and risks of each choice, and shows you which QuickBooks features and services can help you hire and manage workers.