QuickBooks™ Accounting
Accounting has never been easier for small business. Using the power of your computer and QuickBooks™ software, you can efficiently manage all your financial data and produce reports to help you make good business decisions. In this seminar, you will learn how to apply the software to your business accounting.
ALL THREE PROGRAMS ARE "HANDS ON" IN A COMPUTER LAB!
QuickBooks™ Accounting Series - Series of 3; October 7, 12 & 14, 21, 2009
QuickBooks™ Getting Started
This program will explain and review basic accounting principles and show you how the software incorporates accounting language and principles. A basic knowledge of accounting is necessary for you to setup and use QuickBooks™ 2009 effectively. This half-day session and will be a hands-on workshop in a computer lab in which you will learn how to setup a company and review basic accounting principles and concepts necessary to run QuickBooks™.
Topics include:
- Basic Accounting Concepts and Transactions
- Setting up a new company
This program is most appropriate for people who want to start using QuickBooks™ 2009 and need an accounting review or haven’t set up a company in QuickBooks™ 2009.
QuickBooks™ Essentials
This program is two, half-day sessions and will be a hands-on workshop in a computer lab. In this program you will learn QuickBooks™ basic features. The course is designed with 2 half day sessions so that you will have the opportunity to work on your own company data before coming to the next session.
Topics include:
- Entering transactions
- Producing invoices and checks
- Setting up vendors, customers, jobs and items
- Reconciling bank and credit card statements
- Producing financial statements
This program is most appropriate for people who want to start using QuickBooks™ 2009 or have recently started using QuickBooks™ 2009.
Required abilities: Basic computer and keyboarding skills including using Microsoft Windows™.
QuickBooks™ Beyond the Essentials
To get the most out of an accounting software package, you need to customize it for your business. In this half day hands-on session you will learn how to customize QuickBooks™ 2009 forms and reports to fit your unique business. You will also learn how to enter estimates and produce progress invoices and track time and materials.
Topics include:
- Customizing financial statements, reports and invoices.
- Estimates and progress invoicing
- Tracking time and materials
- Memorizing transactions
Prerequisite: QuickBooks™ Essentials class or equivalent experience using QuickBooks™ software.
Instructors:
Jamie Hanson, President, Badger Business Services, LLC, is an accountant and an Intuit Certified QuickBooks™ Advanced ProAdvisor. Owner and manager of her own businesses since 1995, Jamie currently assists a variety of small business owners effectively manage their business finances.
Julie Wood works as the Program Coordinator and instructor at the UW Madison Small Business Development Center. Julie is a certified ProAdvisor for QuickBooks™. Before coming to the SBDC, Julie was the Director of Operations at Oriel Incorporated and a financial software consultant at SVA consulting. She also started and ran Checks + Balances, Inc.; an accounting consulting business.
