Description

Gatlin International offers bookkeeping courses and Quickbooks certification to those seeking to advance their careers and enhance their earning potential with one of the most powerful and widely accepted bookkeeping programmes in the world today. In addition to providing the same, quality curriculum found in traditional, classroom based bookkeeping courses, we allow students to progress at their own pace as they attain Quickbooks certification from the comfort of their own homes as their busy schedules permit time.

Our Quickbooks certification course, Bookkeeping the Easy Way With Quickbooks, introduces students to the concepts of bookkeeping and accounting using the double-entry bookkeeping method. Our bookkeeping courses are cumulative online courses presented lesson by lesson with the assistance of expert instructors with the goal of preparing bookkeeping professionals and students for entry-level jobs in the in-demand field of corporate bookkeeping.

Possessing a sound understanding of basic bookkeeping procedures is vital to controlling the financial activities of any business. Our bookkeeping courses are designed for individuals interested in expanding their knowledge of basic bookkeeping methods.

Our Quickbooks certification training courses are designed to allow you to harness the power of Quickbooks software to track your payables and receivables, plan daily, monthly, quarterly or yearly budgets and improve your overall accounting methods.

Our Quickbooks bookkeeping courses present a clear, concise, step-by-step approach to learning bookkeeping and accounting principles and practices. Students in our Quickbooks certification courses are presented with practical questions and problems, analytical situations designed to explain a variety of bookkeeping practices. Our bookkeeping courses help you develop a clearer understanding of legal obligations and a heightened awareness of the private enterprise system.

Contained in our bookkeeping courses, students will undergo a separate Quickbooks certification module.

Upon registering in our bookkeeping courses, students are given an initial six month period in which to complete the programme. Should you need more time to complete your Quickbooks certification training, you may request a 6-month extension at no additional charge.

Course Objectives

The purpose of our bookkeeping courses is to:

• Familiarize students with the basic bookkeeping fundamentals for managing both a personal/service-type business and a merchandising business.
• Introduce students to a popular bookkeeping software, Quickbooks, used by many small businesses
• Introduce students to double-entry bookkeeping, the foundation for further accounting study.
• Reinforce students' learning through online tests, excel spreadsheet submissions, and hands-on experience with Quickbooks.

At the end of this course, the student should be able to:

• Understand the basic bookkeeping equations and all supporting journals, ledgers, and worksheets.
• Set up Quickbooks, enter data accurately, and manage the bookkeeping function for a small business.
• Explain and utilize double-entry accounting by understanding the impacts of debits and credits for all account types.

ors to prepare students for entry-level positions in this in-demand occupation.

Understanding basic bookkeeping procedures is vital to developing and controlling activities in business. This program is designed for students who are interested in gaining knowledge of basic bookkeeping practices in planning a more profitable future or seeking a new career.

The Quickbooks training portion is designed specifically to allow the student to get the most out of your Quickbooks software. Keep track of your payables and receivables. Plan budgets and improve accounting today.

This course presents a simplified step-by-step approach to learning bookkeeping/accounting principles and practices. Students will be posed with questions and problems, as well as analytical situations designed to explain not only the "how" but also the "why" of bookkeeping practices. These situations relate book learning to the business world. This bookkeeping program will result in a better understanding of legal obligations and a greater awareness of the private enterprise system.

A separate Quickbooks module is included with this program.

Upon registering, you are given an initial six months to complete the program. Should you need more time, you may request a 6-month extension at no additional charge.

Outline

• A Personal/Service Type Business

1. Assets, Liabilities, and Owner's Equity
2. Business Transactions and Changes in the Fundamental Bookkeeping Equation
3. The Balance Sheet
4. The Ledger
5. Owner's Equity Accounts
6. Two-Column General Journal
7. Posting the General Journal
8. Trial Balance and Worksheet
9. Financing Statements
10. Closing the Ledger
11. Cash Systems, Checking Accounts
12. The Petty Cash Fund

• A Merchandiing Business

1. Purchase of Merchandise
2. Cash Disbursements Journal
3. Sales of Merchandise
4. Cash Receipts Journal
5. General Journal - Four Column Format
6. Eight-Column Worksheet
7. Financial Statements
8. Adjusting and Closing the General Ledger
9. Using a Combination Journal

• Quickbooks
  
  

1. The First Time in Quickbooks
2. Setting Up Accounting
3. Entering Historical Data
4. Managing Accounts and Lists
5. Invoices and Sales Tax
6. Paying Bills
7. Managing Assets and Reports
8. Paying Employees
9. Managing Taxes
10. Online Banking and Budgets

• ical Data
• Managing Accounts and Lists
• Invoices and Sales Tax
• Paying Bills
• Managing Assets and Reports
• Paying Employees
• Managing Taxes
• Online Banking and Budgets

Demo

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Additional Info

Languages

English

Course Length

140.00 hours

Duration of Access

6 months

Instructor

Ronald Brown

Prerequisites/Audience

This program is designed to prepare the student for an entry-level position as a full-charge bookkeeper. Bookkeeping experience is not required.

Requirements/Materials Included

Our bookkeeping courses can be taken on either a PC or a Mac. Students need to have access to Microsoft Word and Excel to complete the assignments. Students do not need Quickbooks software. GES provides an online tutorial that simulates Quickbooks so students can learn to use the program from any Internet-capable computer. The Quickbooks tutorial is not Mac compatible and must be accessed on a PC or IBM compatible computer. The bookkeeping course, offering Quickbooks certification is compatible with the Microsoft Vista Operating System.

GES provides the required textbook, Bookkeeping the Easy Way, and access to the Quickbooks online training module.