Certified Professional Bookkeeper with Quickbooks - Austin Peay State University
Business and Professional

Certified Professional Bookkeeper with Quickbooks

835 Hours
Beginner
English

This Professional Bookkeeping course, offered by our accredited school partners, will show you the essentials of record keeping for a small business and will show why it’s necessary to track information. The course will give you a greater understanding of the purpose and process of record keeping. Professional Bookkeeping teaches you how to sort through the masses of information and paperwork, how to record what is important for a business, and how to use that information to grow a business for success. This course helps prepare you to take the NACPB Bookkeeping Certification exam. Professional Bookkeeping also assists you in setting up and running a thriving home-based bookkeeping business. This course includes 50 lessons on DVD.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Define the basics of beginning, intermediate, and advanced bookkeeping
• Identify the steps involved in starting a bookkeeping business
• Define methods for recruiting and maintaining clients
• Distinguish between bookkeeping and accounting
• Identify methods for tax planning and minimizing taxes

To succeed in small business, you need a good accounting system like QuickBooks. With our course you will learn how to track your sales and expenses all in one place and get reliable records for tax time. This QuickBooks course shows you how to use this popular business finance program to gain a clear view of your finances and keep your business in the black. Our course will help you make your bookkeeping workflow smoother and faster. Students will receive step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic accounting advice to guide you through the learning process of QuickBooks. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be prepared to sit for the Intuit QuickBooks certification exam.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Identify the basics for getting started with QuickBooks
Define the steps for setting up bookkeeping and invoicing functions
Recognize ways to track expenses, monitor accounts receivables, credit cards and payroll
Recall the various components of managing a business, such as budgeting and reporting
List steps for integrating and customizing features in QuickBooks

NOTE: This course does NOT include the QuickBooks program itself. Students will need to have QuickBooks 2019 already installed on their computers.

Enroll through one of our accredited university or college partners today!

Bookkeeping (accounting 1 and 2):
Accounting I
• Define terms related to business accounting
• Apply accounting concepts and principles
• Prepare financial statements
• Analyze financial statements for decision making
• Evaluate internal controls
• Account for partnership transactions
• Differentiate international financial reporting standards from generally accepted accounting principles

Accounting II
• Define terms related to business accounting
• Apply a working knowledge of accounting concepts and principles
• Demonstrate the ability to prepare and understand corporate financial statements
• Analyze financial statements using various ratios and tools
• Describe long-term liabilities
• Examine concepts related to managerial accounting
• Examine how managers use financial information to guide important decisions
• Apply concepts related to managerial accounting
• Prepare and analyze various types of budgets
• Differentiate international financial reporting standards from generally accepted accounting principles

QuickBooks Modules:
• Setting Up QuickBooks
• Invoices, Credit Memos, and Recording Payments
• Paying Bills and Inventory
• Checks and Credit Cards
• Payroll and Budgeting
• Balancing Accounts and Job Estimates
• File Management and Fixed Assets

Upon successful completion of our Professional Bookkeeping course, students will be prepared for an entry-level position as a bookkeeper in an office setting and will be prepared to sit for the NACPB national certification exam. NACPB’s Bookkeeper Certification assures employers you have bookkeeping knowledge and skill. You obtain the Certification by passing the Uniform Bookkeeper Certification Examination.Upon successful completion of this course, students will also be prepared to sit for the Intuit QuickBooks certification exam.

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Program Description



This Professional Bookkeeping course, offered by our accredited school partners, will show you the essentials of record keeping for a small business and will show why it’s necessary to track information. The course will give you a greater understanding of the purpose and process of record keeping. Professional Bookkeeping teaches you how to sort through the masses of information and paperwork, how to record what is important for a business, and how to use that information to grow a business for success. This course helps prepare you to take the NACPB Bookkeeping Certification exam. Professional Bookkeeping also assists you in setting up and running a thriving home-based bookkeeping business. This course includes 50 lessons on DVD.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Define the basics of beginning, intermediate, and advanced bookkeeping
• Identify the steps involved in starting a bookkeeping business
• Define methods for recruiting and maintaining clients
• Distinguish between bookkeeping and accounting
• Identify methods for tax planning and minimizing taxes

To succeed in small business, you need a good accounting system like QuickBooks. With our course you will learn how to track your sales and expenses all in one place and get reliable records for tax time. This QuickBooks course shows you how to use this popular business finance program to gain a clear view of your finances and keep your business in the black. Our course will help you make your bookkeeping workflow smoother and faster. Students will receive step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic accounting advice to guide you through the learning process of QuickBooks. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be prepared to sit for the Intuit QuickBooks certification exam.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Identify the basics for getting started with QuickBooks
Define the steps for setting up bookkeeping and invoicing functions
Recognize ways to track expenses, monitor accounts receivables, credit cards and payroll
Recall the various components of managing a business, such as budgeting and reporting
List steps for integrating and customizing features in QuickBooks

NOTE: This course does NOT include the QuickBooks program itself. Students will need to have QuickBooks 2019 already installed on their computers.

Enroll through one of our accredited university or college partners today!

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