Veechi Curtis - Getting Started in Bookkeeping For Dummies

Getting Started in Bookkeeping For Dummies, Australian Edition

by Veechi Curtis

Getting Started in Bookkeeping For Dummies, Australian Edition

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Author: Curtis, Veechi.

Title: Getting Started in Bookkeeping For Dummies/Veechi Curtis.

Edition: Australian ed.

ISBN: 978 1 74246 874 7 (pbk.)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Bookkeeping Australia.

Dewey Number: 657.2

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About the Author

Veechi Curtis has a degree in Accountancy and Business Management from Charles Sturt University, and has worked as a business consultant for more than 13 years, including several years running a contract bookkeeping service. As a journalist, she has written for many publications including Australian PC World, Australian Personal Computer and CCH Australia Limited , and has also been a columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald .

Veechi is also the author of Small Business For Dummies, MYOB Software For Dummies and QuickBooks QBi For Dummies and co-author of Bookkeeping For Dummies and Business Plans For Dummies .

Veechi has three children and lives with her husband in the beautiful Blue Mountains of New South Wales. Feel free to send Veechi a message, or ask a question about this book, via her website at www.veechicurtis.com.au .

Authors Acknowledgements

Veechi would like to thank Andrew White of Benetatos White for his help with legal questions. Thanks also to the John Wiley editorial team: Rev Mengle, Hannah Bennett, Jen Bingham, Bronwyn Duhigg, Caroline Hunter and Gabrielle Packman.

Last but not least, thanks to my very silly and wonderful family, who provide me with all the inspiration I could ever need.

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Cartoons: Glen Lumsden

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Indexer: Veechi Curtis

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