Bookkeeping

Course details

Unlike other bookkeeping courses, Stratford lets you complete your bookkeeping training at home. Our innovative training methods let you study at a time and place that is most convenient for you!

Bookkeeping training could help you start a new career.

Small businesses to global corporations count on inpiduals who have successfully completed bookkeeping courses to help keep their finances in order. Stratford's bookkeeping training could help you take the first step toward a rewarding new career or even start a bookkeeping business of your own!

Bookkeeping Course Outline

Bookkeeping Module 1

Introduction to Bookkeeping

• Bookkeeping Goals and Values
• The Bookkeeping Mindset
• The History of Bookkeeping
• Computers and Bookkeeping Personnel
• A Day in the Life of a Bookkeeping Professional
• A Glossary of Accounting and Bookkeeping Documents

Bookkeeping Module 2

Fundamental Bookkeeping Practices

• The Purpose of Bookkeeping
• The Balance Sheet
• The Income Statement
• Analyzing Transactions
• Steps in The Bookkeeping Process
• The Journal and the Ledger
• Preparation of Financial Statements

Bookkeeping Module 3

The Accounting Cycle

• Adjusting Entries, Income Statement, Balance Sheet
• Preparation of Closing Entries
• Revisiting the Accounting Cycle
• Post Closing Entries and Trial Balance
• Practicing the Steps in the Accounting Cycle
• Buying Merchandise Inventory
• Selling Merchandise Inventory
• Preparing Financial Statements for a Merchandise Company

Bookkeeping Module 4

Intermediate Bookkeeping Techniques

• Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals
• Using the Special Journals
• Payroll and Taxes
• Dealing with Cash
• The Statement of Cash Flows
• Accounting for Partnerships
• Closing the Books