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Hi
I have just purchased MBA and I am soooo confused on everything.  I have looked over the manual so many times and it confuses me even more.  Ok I am trying to input all my campaigns for 2008 into MBA so I can have it ready for taxes, (which are just around the corner and I am freaking ) 
Ok my first question is basically where do I begin?  My husband put all information in to get me up and running.  So now I have 26 campaigns in my hand and I do not know where to begin.  Do I start inputting them into the sales order under my name since that is how Avon sends it to me?  Do I mark everything as inventory and then once I put in every customers purchases for those campaigns and i mark them as a sale, will it come off my inventory shelf?  Then do I have to go to the accounting part and add everything up, sales, personal, demos etc.

I am probably not making much sense.  SO I will leave it at this and if anyone can help with what I just said that would be great or ask me other questions so I can help clarify what I am asking.
 
Basically I really just want to know the first step after set up do I have to do to get the years worth of Avon campaign invoices into MBA?  I have A LOT of inventory on my shelf and have never tracked it.  I also took a lot of product for myself but never wrote a receipt for the items. IS there a way after inputting this stuff to see what my inventory list is so I can do a process of elimination to see what I used?
Sorry for all the confusion,
Tina

I forgot to comment on your inventory question.
It would be pretty hard to figure that out without going through each invoice and accounting for each item ordered. Would be extrememly painstaking. I would probably estimate how much I would have purchased in each campaign and claim that under the personal purchases on the worksheet. You could enter in your inventory everything you have on hand right now and start fresh in the new year.