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Beginner LevelQuickBooks Bookkeeping
Bookkeeping Course
Master bookkeeping basics—debits and credits, chart of accounts, A/R & A/P, bank reconciliations, and core reports—so you can keep clean, accurate books.
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Course Content
Chapter 1: Intro to Accounting
✓Meet Your Instructors
✓What is Accounting?
✓What we Cover
✓How to Approach this Class
✓The Accounting Cycle
✓What is a Business?
✓What is the Purpose of Accounting?
✓The Economic Entity Principle
✓How to Use Your WorkBook
✓Exercise 1 (prep included)
✓Exercise 1 Walkthrough
✓The Accounting Equation
Chapter 2: Record Activities in the Books
✓Your Business Transactions
✓Record Assets, Liabilities, and Equity
✓Exercise 2 (prep included)
✓Exercise 2 Walkthrough
✓Income & Expenses
✓Assets vs. Expenses
✓Financial Position and Financial Performance
✓Exercise 3 (prep included)
✓Exercise 3 Walkthrough
✓The Financial Statements
Chapter 3: Debits & Credits
✓Intro to Debits & Credits
✓Using T-Accounts
✓Exercise 4 (prep included)
✓Exercise 4 Walkthrough
✓Calculate the Balance of a T-Account
✓Debits & Credits with All Accounts
✓Exercise 6 (prep included)
✓Exercise 6 Walkthrough
✓Exercise 7 (prep included)
✓Exercise 7 Walkthrough
✓Transaction Journal
✓The General Ledger
✓But Why Debits & Credits?
✓Exercise 8 (prep included)
✓Exercise 8 Walkthrough
Chapter 4: Reconciliation
✓What is Reconciliation? (and how to prepare)
✓How to Reconcile
✓Complete a Reconciliation
Chapter 5: Financial Statements
✓The Balance Sheet
✓Comparative Profit & Loss
✓Budget vs. Actual Report
Chapter 6: Accounts
✓The Chart of Accounts
✓How many accounts?
✓Exercise 9 (prep included)
✓Exercise 9 Walkthrough
✓How to Name Accounts
✓Exercise 10 (prep included)
✓Exercise 10 Walkthrough
✓Account Types
✓Exercise 11 (prep included)
✓Exercise 11 Walkthrough
Chapter 7: Money-In
✓The Revenue Recognition Principle
✓Exercise 12 (prep included)
✓Exercise 12 Walkthrough
✓Accounts Receivable
✓Undeposited Funds?
Chapter 8: Money-Out
✓The Matching Principle
✓Exercise 13 (prep included)
✓Exercise 13 Walkthrough
✓Accounts Payable
✓Cash vs. Accrual
✓Statement of Cash Flows
Chapter 9: Complex Entries
✓Adjusting Entries
✓Retained Earnings
✓Depreciation
✓The Cost Principle
✓Inventory
✓Exercise 16 (prep included)
✓Exercise 16 Walkthrough
✓Inventory Cost Methods
Chapter 10: Payroll
✓What is payroll accounting?
✓Exercise 19 (prep included)
✓Exercise 19 Walkthrough
✓Payroll Journal Entries
✓Payroll Forms
Chapter 11: Bookkeeping Extras
✓Inventory Adjustments
✓Tricks for Memorizing Account Types
✓Bad Debt
✓Loans (prep included)
✓Loan Example
✓Prepaid Expenses
✓Practice Exams
✓Rate this course