Bookkeeping Classes Chicago, IL

This course provides participants with an understanding of basic bookkeeping principles. Lessons range from understanding journal entries to creating financial reports, enabling students to manage and track the financial health of a business effectively. Ideal for aspiring bookkeepers, business owners, and anyone interested in gaining financial literacy.

In this course, participants will learn the fundamentals of financial accounting, including cash versus accrual accounting and GAAP, and analyze financial statements and reports. Students will master financial accounting principles, including the three main financial statements and the analysts' metrics and ratios. Using real-life examples, participants will gain an understanding of how accounting concepts they learn in the course apply to companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Apple. Tuition includes hands-on training, a free retake, and a course manual. This course offers flexible scheduling options and is available online or in NYC.

This 1-day beginner accounting course teaches students the fundamentals of financial accounting. This course is designed to teach beginners how to analyze financial statements and reports of real public companies to build a deep understanding of accounting principles in action. Topics covered include financial accounting concepts, three key financial statements, how the financial statements interact with each other, and hands-on work looking at real financial statements.

This 7-hour hands-on QuickBooks Online Level 1 course teaches individuals with little to no prior experience with QuickBooks how to get up and running with Intuit’s industry-leading online accounting software. The course covers a wide range of topics and tools that will have novices up and running with QuickBooks. Students will learn the basics of getting started with QuickBooks, how to set up a company, how to work with lists and bank accounts, the ins and outs of invoicing and payment processing, how to reconcile bank accounts, and more. This course also offers a free retake to allow students to revisit any concepts needing to be refreshed and walk away with a much stronger grasp of the material.

This 7-hour hands-on QuickBooks Level 1 course teaches individuals with little to no prior experience with QuickBooks how to get up and running with Intuit’s industry-leading accounting software. The course covers a wide range of topics and tools that will have novices up and running with QuickBooks. Students will learn how to get started with QuickBooks, set up a company, customize a company file, work with both vendors as well as customers, and bank with QuickBooks. This course also offers a free retake to allow students to review concepts and walk away with a much stronger grasp of the material.

In this intermediate-level 7-hour QuickBooks Online course, participants will take their QuickBooks online skills to the next level by learning some advanced functions within Intuit’s industry-leading online accounting software. Students will discover advanced QuickBooks online tools, like how to run and analyze reports, how to customize forms, working with credit card accounts, how to perform bank reconciliations, managing inventory, entering payroll, and more. This course also offers a free retake to allow students to revisit any concepts needing to be refreshed and walk away with a much stronger grasp of the material.

This 2-day course provides a broad introduction to QuickBooks. Students will learn how to navigate the QuickBooks Operating Environment, set up preferences and exit the application without losing data. Essential skills such as setting up a company, working with lists, and setting up inventory will be included in the curriculum. Completion of this course will prepare students to handle most basic business transactions.

In this 2-day course, students will expand on their foundational QuickBooks skills. They will learn more advanced capabilities such as memorizing transactions, customizing forms, and working with credit card transactions. Students will also learn how to create reports and graphs and prepare payroll.

In this introductory QuickBooks Desktop class, individuals will learn the basics of QuickBooks to manage their books. Participants will learn to set up an account, link their bank accounts, pay bills, and other essential bookkeeping functions. Topics include account setups, adding inventory, invoicing, bank account setup, payment processing, and paying bills.

In this intermediate QuickBooks class, participants will build off basic knowledge and learn features like memorizing transactions, creating reports, working with sales tax, and setting up payroll. Students will learn how to work with various transactions and leverage additional features of QuickBooks.