Learn and Master the Accounting ( Bookkepping) Process.
Understand that accounting is the language of business.
Know business terminology (biz speak).
Understand the difference between a corporation and a single proprietorship.
Know the three forms of business - service company, merchandise company and a manufacturer.
Understand an Income Statement and how to prepare one.
Understand a Balance Sheet and how to prepare one.
Know how to analyse and record business transactions
Learn how to use debits and credits to record business transactions.
Know how to use the accounting journal and ledger,
Complete a set of accounting records for a service business using excel spreadsheets.
Complete a set of accounting records for a merchandise company using excel spreadsheets.
Understand LIFO and FIFO.
Understand how to use the accounting system for Internal Control.
Understand the different methods of depreciation.
This course is unique in that it contains a number of excel projects on using a set of accounting records first for a service company and then a merchandise company. There are practice midterm and final exams with marking keys that highlight where an exam marker will award you marks.
Bookkeeping is the recording, on a day-to-day basis, of the financial transactions and information pertaining to a business. It ensures that records of the individual financial transactions are correct, up-to-date and comprehensive. ... Bookkeeping provides the information from which accounts are prepared.