The Best Accounting and Bookkeeping Fundamentals Course

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In this course you will learn the fundamentals of bookkeeping, such as the ledger, the cash book, and sales and purchases. You’ll explore double entry bookkeeping and trial balances, before going on to learn about the journal, bank accounts and balance sheets.

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• Chapter 1: Accounting Introduction 15:00

  • 1: 1.1.1 Introduction - Course Introduction 01:00
  • 2: 1.1.2 Introduction - Income Tax and Accounting Rules 01:00
  • 3: 1.1.3 Introduction - The Accounting Department 01:00
  • 4: 1.1.4 Introduction - Bookkeeping and Accounting Tutorial 01:00
  • 5: 1.2.1 The Basic Accounting System - Overview of the Accounting System 03:00
  • 6: 1.2.2 The Basic Accounting System - Transferring to the Books of Prime Entry 02:00
  • 7: 1.2.3 The Basic Accounting System - Transferring to Ledger Accounts 01:00
  • 8: 1.2.4 The Basic Accounting System - Ledger Accounts 03:00
  • 9: 1.2.5 The Basic Accounting System - Trial Balance 01:00
  • 10: 1.2.6 The Basic Accounting System - Touching on financial statements 01:00

• Chapter 2: Sales Documentation and The Accounting Equation 38:00

  • 11: 2.1.1 Financial Documents for Sales - Introduction 01:00
  • 12: 2.1.2 Financial Documents for Sales - Financial documents 02:00
  • 13: 2.1.3 Financial Documents for Sales - Flow of documents 01:00
  • 14: 2.1.4 Financial Documents for Sales - Invoice summary 03:00
  • 15: 2.1.5 Financial Documents for Sales - Discounts and VAT (Part 1) 03:00
  • 16: 2.1.5 Financial Documents for Sales - Discounts and VAT (Part 2) 02:00
  • 17: 2.1.6 Financial Documents for Sales - Checking invoices 03:00
  • 18: 2.1.7 Financial Documents for Sales - Credit Notes and Statements 02:00
  • 19: 2.1.8 Financial Documents for Sales - Coding and Filing 02:00
  • 20: 2.2.1 The Accounting Equation and Double Entry - Introduction to double entry 02:00
  • 21: 2.2.2 The Accounting Equation and Double Entry - Bank accounts 02:00
  • 22: 2.2.3 The Accounting Equation and Double Entry-Writing up a double entry account 02:00
  • 23: 2.2.4 The Accounting Equation and Double Entry - Debits and credits 04:00
  • 24: 2.2.5 The Accounting Equation (...) - Double-entry and the accounting equation 04:00
  • 25: 2.2.6 The Accounting Equation (...) - Balancing Accounts (Part 1) 04:00
  • 26: 2.2.6 The Accounting Equation (...) - Balancing Accounts (Part 2) 01:00

• Chapter 3: Customers and Suppliers 24:00

  • 27: 3.1.1 Processing payments from customers - Introduction 01:00
  • 28: 3.1.2 Processing payments from customers - Remittance Advice (Part 1) 03:00
  • 29: 3.1.2 Processing payments from customers - Remittance Advice (Part 2) 02:00
  • 30: 3.1.3 Processing payments from customers - Discrepancies 01:00
  • 31: 3.2.1 Processing documents from suppliers - Introduction 01:00
  • 32: 3.2.2 Processing documents from suppliers - Ordering Procedure 01:00
  • 33: 3.2.3 Processing documents from suppliers - Purchase order 01:00
  • 34: 3.2.4 Processing documents from suppliers - Delivery note 01:00
  • 35: 3.2.5 Processing documents from suppliers - Goods received note 01:00
  • 36: 3.2.6 Processing documents from suppliers - Purchase invoice 01:00
  • 37: 3.2.7 Processing documents from suppliers - Checking financial documents 02:00
  • 38: 3.2.8 Processing documents from suppliers - Checking invoice calculations 01:00
  • 39: 3.2.9 Processing documents (...) - Coding Credit notes and Purchases invoices 01:00
  • 40: 3.3.1 Preparing payments to suppliers - Introduction 01:00
  • 41: 3.3.2 Preparing payments (...)- Reconciling the supplier statement of account 02:00
  • 42: 3.3.3 Preparing payments to suppliers - Dealing with discrepancies 02:00
  • 43: 3.3.4 Preparing payments (...) - Disputed invoices and invoice authorisation 01:00
  • 44: 3.3.5 Preparing payments to suppliers - Preparing remittance advices 01:00

• Chapter 4: Sales, Purchases and Returns 17:00

  • 45: 4.1.1 Sales and sales returns accounting - Introduction 01:00
  • 46: 4.1.2 Sales and sales returns accounting - Credit sales and sales returns 01:00
  • 47: 4.1.3 Sales and sales returns accounting - Books of prime entry 02:00
  • 48: 4.1.4 Sales and sales returns accounting - General ledger and sales ledger 01:00
  • 49: 4.1.5 Sales (...) - Accounting system and bookkeeping for credit sale 02:00
  • 50: 4.1.6 Sales (...) - Accounting system and bookkeeping for sales returns 02:00
  • 51: 4.1.7 Sales and sales returns accounting - Analysed sales day books 01:00
  • 52: 4.2.1 Purchase returns accounting - Introduction 01:00
  • 53: 4.2.2 Purchase returns accounting - Credit purchases and returns 01:00
  • 54: 4.2.3 Purchase returns accounting - Accounting system for credit purchases 01:00
  • 55: 4.2.4 Purchase returns(...)- Purchases day book and bookkeeping for credit sales 01:00
  • 56: 4.2.5 Purchase returns accounting - Accounting system for purchases returns 01:00
  • 57: 4.2.6 Purchase..- Purchases returns day book & bookkeeping for purchases returns 01:00
  • 58: 4.2.7 Purchase returns accounting - Analysed purchases day book 01:00

• Chapter 5: Cash Books 34:00

  • 59: 5.1.1 Three column cash book - Introduction 01:00
  • 60: 5.1.2 Three column cash book - What the cash book is used for 01:00
  • 61: 5.1.3 Three column cash book - Three column cash book layout 01:00
  • 62: 5.1.4 Three column cash book - Cash book to the double-entry system 04:00
  • 63: 5.1.5 Three column cash book - Balancing the cash book 03:00
  • 64: 5.1.6 Three column cash book - Cash book to Ledger 03:00
  • 65: 5.2.1 Analysed cash book - Introduction 01:00
  • 66: 5.2.2 Analysed cash book - Case study 01:00
  • 67: 5.2.3 Analysed cash book - Transferring from analysed cash book to ledger 01:00
  • 68: 5.2.4 Analysed cash book - Dishonoured cheques 01:00
  • 69: 5.2.5 Analysed cash book - The cash book in the accounting system 01:00
  • 70: 5.2.6 Analysed cash book - Bank and cash control accounts 01:00
  • 71: 5.2.7 Analysed cash book - Checking the cash book 01:00
  • 72: 5.3.1 Petty cash book - Introduction 01:00
  • 73: 5.3.2 Petty cash book - What the petty cash book is used for 01:00
  • 74: 5.3.3 Petty cash book - The imprest system and petty cash vouchers 01:00
  • 75: 5.3.4 Petty cash book - Petty cash book layout 01:00
  • 76: 5.3.5 Petty cash book - VAT and petty cash 02:00
  • 77: 5.3.6 Petty cash book - Balances and transferring the analysis columns 02:00
  • 78: 5.3.7 Petty cash book - Restoring the cash float and control of petty cash 03:00
  • 79: 5.3.8 Petty cash book - Checking the cash 01:00
  • 80: 5.3.9 Petty cash book - Petty cash book in the accounting system 01:00
  • 81: 5.3.10 Petty cash book -. Petty cash control account 01:00

• Chapter 6: Trial Balance 08:00

  • 82: 6.1.1 The initial trial balance - Introduction 01:00
  • 83: 6.1.2 The initial trial balance - Initial trial balance preparation 01:00
  • 84: 6.1.3 The initial trial balance -Guidelines for credit and debit balances 01:00
  • 85: 6.1.4 The initial trial balance - Unbalanced trial balance 03:00
  • 86: 6.1.5 The initial trial balance - Capital and revenue Income and expenditure 02:00

Our Bookkeeping and Accounts course will take you from First Principles and Core Concepts to Final Accounts, giving you an in-depth knowledge and set of skills which will make you an asset in any business while allowing you to study at your own pace in your own time.

This course will create a strong foundation for any further education into accounting and chartered accounting, or learning the basics before jumping into the world of Sage.

Modules:

Module 1: Accounting Introduction

Module 2: Sales Documentation and The Accounting Equation

Module 3: Customers and Suppliers

Module 4 : Sales, Purchases and Returns Module 5

Chapter 5: Cash Books

Module 6: Trial Balance

How do I study?

You study online around your own schedule with our easy to use interactive student interface which is designed to make the learning experience as enjoyable as possible. Our content is delivered via a mixture of easy to follow video's, question and answer sections and interactive test prep. When in your account you will work from your own personalised learning platform, that will log and track your course progress.

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Those interested in learning how to undertake basic bookkeeping or accountancy for their business.

Those interested in learning how to undertake basic bookkeeping or accountancy as a job.

There are no prior experience/knowledge required, apart from a willingness to learn!

• Cashier / Clerical Assistant
• Accounts Clerk
• Payroll Administrator
• Ledger Clerk
• Accounts Supervisor
• Accounts Manager