Bookkeeping Courses Reviewed

If you are starting a business, your uninvitedside note, never hurts to ask you accountant
biggest business partner will be the IRS or thewhich software he recommends.
Canada Revenue Agency. They require you to* Courses prepared and delivered through a
have a organized set of books and records thatwebsite training system
reflect the business income and expenses you areNow this is where we want to concentrate
incurring in your operations.because there are many private web-based
Therefore, you must do some bookkeeping. But,training systems available.
don't feel intimidated if you don't know how! YouLastly, watch out for all the accounting and
have 2 or 3 alternatives.bookkeeping training academies. They are good if
1. Hire a bookkeeping service to do the work foryou want to retrain to go do bookkeeping for a
you.living. But for our purposes they just aren't setup
2. Hire a bookkeeper as an employee to do theto teach one introductory class.
entries.OK LET'S GET GOING
3. Do the work yourself.Quickbooks Online Course - costs 25 bucks a
This article actually covers all three, in that, nomonth for access to 622 online courses and
matter which one you choose YOU MUST KNOWguess what, one of the courses is about
SOMETHING ABOUT BOOKKEEPING. This is notquickbooks(an accounting software package) you
an article about bookkeeping software, this is notwill love me forever on this one because there
an article about using that software. This is anare classes on just about everything software.
article about YOU taking an introductory courseClass is called - QuickBooks Pro 2008 Essential
on HOW BOOKKEEPING WORKS. This way, noTraining, instructor Suzanne Robertson. I have
matter which method mentioned above you needpersonally used this site for many of the classes
for your business, you can speak with someand I LOVE IT. You can take the segments you
authority and you won't be living in a fog when itwant to, when you want to at a very affordable
comes to the numbers.price. I am going to bet you won't take just one
It is impossible to run a small business without thisclass from here.
knowledge.Free Bookkeeping Coursebeancounters - If you
And the fastest easiest way to learn it is to takelike to read and not listen, this free bookkeeping
an online bookkeeping course.course, heavy emphasis on the reading, then this
Because there are so many too choose from, Isite is for you. It is FREE, detailed and well
thought I would take away the hassle for you toorganized. Oh did i mention there is some reading
decide by reviewing, in my opinion, the top five.involved. Beancounter has a series of videos on
At the end I will state my preference, which willyoutube with a channel name of doofus865. They
become obvious as you read the reviews. That isare well written BUT it's done with this robotic
just my way of trying to hook you in to read tovoice that will drive you to leave real quick. I hope
the end. LOLhe revises them because they are good for
There are three types of online courses inknowledge terrible for actually listening to.
bookkeeping to choose from:Simply Accounting
* Courses prepared and delivered by Universities,Sue du Puy - HEY, I didn't make up the name, but
Colleges and Training Companiesshe is legit, and provides an online course to use
Most of these courses are directed at studentsSIMPLY accounting by SAGE software. The
that are pursuing an accounting designation, and ascourse is expensive $400 bucks. Much more
such, the class work load is geared towards theformal than I would like to see however, if you
basic technical knowledge base. The students alsohave the time, money and inclination this one is
tend to be a little brighter in that they had toworth it. Again, depends if you want to use this
qualify to get into the institutions academicsoftware and you don't want to travel to learn.
requirements.Community Colleges
The continuing education departments of theseCommunity College - I want you to investigate
places however, usually offer nighttime coursesyour local College or University for community
that are more geared to the small businesseducation classes related to small business
owner.accounting and bookkeeping. Lots have a great
This does not mean they don't have excellentclassroom course that you just might get
materials it just means generally they aresomething out of. Problem is, they usually span
targeting a different crowd than you probably are.over 10-12 weeks and you might need the info
* Courses prepared and delivered by thesooner.
software companiesOnline bookkeeping Course
These software companies will teach classes thatUniversal Classes - Ok, it's online, it's modern, it will
are specific to their software and usually thetell you what you need to know and I only found
classes are sit down in nature meaning you needabout it researching this article. And it's only 85
to attend a hotel or computer training room forbucks, some reading required and you could do
the class.the course work if you wanted. But hey it's video.
This is not a bad thing because if you wereThis, I think, is the epitome of an online
interested in using that piece of software you willbookkeeping course. This one really gets at the
know within the day or two whether this was aheart and soul of accounting.
good choice for your business or not. Also, as aI recommend this one.