This beginner-friendly bookkeeping course builds your accounting foundation from the ground up, starting with the accounting cycle, debits and credits, and the financial statements that every business relies on. Through hands-on exercises and walkthroughs, you'll learn to record transactions, reconcile accounts, manage the chart of accounts, and handle money-in and money-out activities like accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cash flow. The course also covers more advanced topics, including adjusting entries, depreciation, payroll, inventory, and bad debt.
You’ll learn how to…
Understand what accounting really is
Master the accounting cycle
Record business transactions
Understand debits and credits
Reconcile your accounts
Read financial statements
Build your chart of accounts
Handle money-in and money-out
Record adjusting entries and depreciation
Understand payroll
Manage inventory, loans, and bad debt
Practice with hands-on exercises
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Next live class
Jul 17, 2026
Fri · 9:30 AM CT
This class prepares you for a certification exam:
Bookkeeping Professional Certification
Course Content
87 lessons · 5 hr 51 min
Meet Your Instructors1:44
What is Accounting2:00
What we Cover2:08
How to Approach this Class3:10
The Accounting Cycle15:29
What is a Business?4:29
What is the Purpose of Accounting?2:22
The Economic Entity Principle3:02
How to Use Your WorkBook5:02
How to Use Your WorkBook5:09
Exercise 1 (prep included)1:03
Exercise 1 Walkthrough1:45
The Accounting Equation7:01
Your Business Transactions2:26
Record Assets/Liabilities/Equity11:13
Exercise 2 (prep included)1:19
Exercise 2 Walkthrough3:52
Income & Expenses3:19
Assets vs. Expenses3:43
Financial Position and Financial Performance6:48
Exercise 3 (prep included)1:28
Exercise 3 Walkthrough3:13
The Financial Statements1:38
Intro to Debits & Credits3:16
Using T-Accounts7:20
Exercise 4 (prep included)1:38
Exercise 4 Walkthrough3:10
Calculate the Balance of a T-Account4:03
Debits & Credits with All Accounts2:30
Exercise 6 (prep included)2:50
Exercise 6 Walkthrough2:08
Exercise 7 (prep included)2:56
Exercise 7 Walkthrough8:05
Transaction Journal4:09
The General Ledger1:43
But Why Debits & Credits?8:31
Exercise 8 (prep included)2:06
Exercise 8 Walkthrough9:08
What is Reconciliation? (and how to prepare)1:56
How to Reconcile2:30
Complete a Reconciliation8:56
The Balance Sheet5:45
Comparative Profit & Loss2:43
Budget vs. Actual Report3:30
The Chart of Accounts1:36
How many accounts?4:43
Exercise 9 (prep included)0:57
Exercise 9 Walkthrough2:07
How to Name Accounts2:09
Exercise 10 (prep included)0:56
Exercise 10 Walkthrough1:48
Account Types2:00
Excerise 11 (prep included)1:22
Exercise 11 Walkthrough3:50
The Revenue Recognition Principle4:15
Exercise 12 (prep included)3:15
Exercise 12 Walkthrough5:15
Accounts Receivable1:59
Undeposited Funds?7:44
The Matching Principle2:53
Exercise 13 (prep included)2:19
Exercise 13 Walkthrough2:43
Accounts Payable1:04
Cash vs. Accrual3:25
Statement of Cash Flows4:48
Adjusting Entries2:32
Retained Earnings6:40
Depreciation6:58
The Cost Principle3:16
Inventory4:29
Exercise 16 (prep included)2:11
Exercise 16 Walkthrough5:02
Inventory Cost Methods7:46
What is payroll accounting?14:17
Exercise 191:07
Exercise 19 Walkthrough3:08
Payroll Journal Entries3:42
Payroll Forms2:18
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