Accounting 101 for Small Business

Description: Bookkeeping is an essential part to any business to track their income and expenses. This course will help participants to understand accounting terminology, concepts and theories that impact powerful financial decisions that can affect their businesses. Understanding how accounting and bookkeeping works, minimizes errors in the recording of transactions, which can lead to incorrect financial statements and inaccurate business decisions.

Emphasis in the course includes the accounting cycle, debits and credits, depreciation of fixed assets, business checking accounts, bank reconciliations, journaling, etc.

Intended Audience: Business owner or employee with bookkeeping responsibilities.

No Fee.

Course Length: 6 Hours. Two days 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

QuickBooks

Description: The QuickBooks component of this course teaches students to:

• build a company’s accounting system
• download QuickBooks data into an Excel spreadsheet
• build linked statements
• set up a company profile
• create and modify a chart of accounts
• work with Accounts Payables (entering bills and writing checks)
• enter credit card transactions
• work with Accounts Receivables (entering invoices, receipts, and payments)
• reconcile a bank account
• produce different types of reports
• and backing up data on QuickBooks

Intended Audience: Business owner or employee with bookkeeping responsibilities.

Requirements: QuickBooks can be customized to fit almost all types of businesses. Basic math and basic computer skills. To receive certificate of completion, participants are required to attend and participate in the graduation ceremony.

No Fee.

Course Length: 15 Hours. Two days a week. 6:00 PM- 9:00 PM