Accounting / QuickBooks – Basic

If you are a beginner, learn how accountants and bookkeepers in Canada work and what they do at offices. This is how you will quickly get a job.

Reality and textbooks have totally different concepts. As you already might know, it’s very hard to get a job without any experience or skills. We are here to train you what we do as accountants and bookkeepers.

Accounting / QuickBooks – Basic is an entry-level training program, which teaches handling day-to-day tasks of recording financial transactions, including purchases, receipts, sales and payments. This program continues to Accounting – compete. Please read details before selecting the Basic or Complete.

Upon completion of the basic program, you’ll be able to update your resume with the skills for a position of

• Junior Bookkeeper
• Accounting Clerk
• Office Administrator
• Or similar

Preview a short video what’s included in the basic program.

What’s Included?

Step-by-step training videos with subtitles.

Lesson One: Accounting Terminology, Canadian Practice

Accounting terms, phrases, notes, equation and so on with good examples and a short video lecture. Narration  of Public Accounting vs Corporate Accounting, a basic concept of Sales Tax, GST/HST.

Lesson Two: Overview of QuickBooks

This lesson briefly explains QuickBooks functionalities from an accountant’s viewpoint with printable notes and short videos.  NOTHING has been copied from a user manual.

Lesson Three: Recording Transactions

Step by step lecture videos with practical examples and documents. You will be able to record transactions using QuickBooks functionalities, which have been briefly discussed.

• General Journal
• Writing Cheques (in CAD and USD)
• Make Deposits (in CAD and USD)
• Transfer Funds (in CAD and USD)
• Enter Credit Card Charges
• Accounts Payable – Bills
• Accounts Payable – Recording Inventory
• Accounts Receivable
• Payroll Journal

 Documents  (printable)

1. Customer invoices and a statement
2. Vendor (supplier) invoices / bills and a statement
3. Chequing bank statements for 2 months in Canadian currency (with posting instructions)
4. US dollar bank statements for 1 month (with posting instructions)
5. A sample cheque and a deposit book (corresponding to bank deposits)
6. Credit card statements in CAD for 2 months (with posting instructions)
7. Credit card statement in USD for 1 month (with posting instructions)
8. Summarized credit card transactions for 2 months (with posting instructions)
9. A sample GST/HST report for filing
10. One sample paystub, generated in QuickBooks
11. One manual paystub, generated on the CRA website
12. A copy of Chart of Accounts / Trial Balance with account categories
13. A link to download QuickBooks software (30-day free trial)
14. A QuickBooks data file for a sample company (which is used for the training)

Note: The Complete program and other courses also include the above documents. To upgrade, please contact the Admin. You will just pay the difference.