This course is designed for entrepreneurs or small business owners who have chosen to use QuickBooks Online software to manage accounting. The course teaches basic accounting concepts and simple automated accounting methods for recording business transactions and maintaining necessary financial reports.
Maintaining financial records and summarizing financial data into understandable reports is very important to the successful management of a business. This course teaches fundamental skills for recording small business transactions and preparing financial reports.
The Business Advisory Committee recommends that students learn QuickBooks automated accounting software for small business needs.
At Snow College, this course is a core requirement for the business one-year certificate and a requirement for accounting, agribusiness, and entrepreneurship proficiency certificates. It is also required for the Bachelor of Music.
The following topics will be covered:Accounting concepts - assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses, debts, credits, t-accountsQuickBooks files - organized structure of folders and files for storing and retrieving reports (PDF, Excel) Lists (database) - company accounts, customers, vendors, employees, services, products, payment methodsTransactions - invoices, sales receipts, credit memos, payments, deposits, transfers, reconciliation, discounts, purchase orders, bills, inventory, payroll, taxesReports and graphs - journal, balance sheet, income statement, accounts receivable, accounts payable, sales, and expensesTeaching resources will be representative of real-world applications. Students will find relevance in their learning by using current technology to organize, share, and analyze a variety of QuickBooks companies.