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Book Keeping Training

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An intensive one-day Bookkeeping course aimed at giving those with no or little previous knowledge, an understanding of double entry bookkeeping.

Bookkeeping Training Course Objectives

Delegates will be able to produce accounts to trial balance, as well as produce a simple Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet.

Bookkeeping Training Course Content

Introduction and Objectives

• The purpose of double entry bookkeeping
• Accounting concepts

Double entry bookkeeping

• Debit and credits
• The T account
• Control accounts
• How they all fit together

Standard accounting entries

• Depreciation
• Bad and doubtful debts
• A simple overview of VAT

The trial balance

• Balancing accounts
• Passing to a trial balance

The extended trial balance

• Using an extended trial balance to produce a profit and loss account and balance sheet

Presentation

• Turning the extended trial balance into a presentable report.

How computers do this for you

• A simple look at how a computerised system handles these entries

Bookkeeping Course Prerequisites

• This book keeping training course is aimed at people operating as or within a limited company or sole trader and will not look at partnership accounting. No prior knowledge is required.

Bookkeeping Training Course Recommended Reading

Straightforward Guide to Bookkeeping and Accounts - Tony Bannister – buy from amazon

Download course outline as pdf.