Home Study Bookkeeping Courses
We have two home study bookkeeping training courses available. Like our classroom course these bookkeeping tutorials provide an excellent introduction to key principles and terminology.
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Introduction to Bookkeeping internet course
Features and benefits of e-learning
- 12 week licence
- Online testing
- Certificate of Achievement on successful completion of course
- You are in control of what you learn and when
- No need to take time away from the office
- Online tutor to guide you
Bookkeeping stage 1 e-Learning - 12 week licence
A unique, easy to use, step-by-step training course based on bookkeeping and its relationship to Sage 50 Accounts. The course is delivered over the Internet, straight to your PC, meaning you are always in control of what you learn and when. A 3-hour course, which you can dip in and out of at your convenience, An Introduction to Manual and Sage 50 Accounts Bookkeeping will teach you all you need to know about double-entry bookkeeping, nominal, sales and purchase ledgers, helping you to appreciate your Sage Accounts systems.
Course Contents
- Basic bookkeeping skills: Learn what bookkeeping is all about
- Introducing double-entry bookkeeping: Understand which accounts are involved with a transaction and recording the debits and credits
- The Trial Balance report: The importance of constructing a Trial Balance and how to create one
- Working with your customers: This session looks at the Sales Ledger (known as 'Customers' in your Sage accounts software). Learn how to record an invoice and a sales receipt and what the effect is on your nominal accounts
- Working with your suppliers: How to record a supplier invoice, record a payment, and view the creditors control account with your Purchase Ledger
- Understanding VAT and the VAT return: This session will show you how to record VAT on both sales and purchases manually and how the double-entry takes place
- Essential Management Reports: How to produce and manage Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reports
Click the button (opens a new window or tab) or call now on 0845 641 0624 or email us via the enquiry page to get started on your Sage bookkeeping training.
Bookkeeping stage 2 e-Learning - 12 week licence
Develop your bookkeeping knowledge with this easy to use, step-by-step online training course teaching manual accounting skills and their relationship to Sage 50 Accounts. The course is delivered over the Internet, straight to your PC, meaning you are always in control of what you learn and when. Advanced Manual and Sage 50 Accounts Bookkeeping will teach you all you need to know about more advanced bookkeeping techniques such as how to deal and account for invoices that come in quarterly (prepayments and accruals), how to deal with depreciating assets, write-offs, and how to reconcile your bank account manually and in Sage.
Course Contents
- Review of the fundamentals: In this session we will review some of the basic principles which are key to bookkeeping, such as Double Entry, Debits and Credits, Trial Balance, Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet, and Accounting for VAT. All of these are taught in depth in the level one course, "An Introduction to Manual and Sage 50 Accounts Bookkeeping". See above.
- Working with prepayments and accruals:You pay for your electricity quarterly but use it all the time - how do you account for this? You pay for your insurance up front, but your insurance covers 12 months - how do you account for this? This session teaches how to account for prepayments and accruals - both manually and in Sage Line 50.
- Accounting for depreciation:You have your van valued and discover its worth far less than what you paid for it. It has “depreciated” in value. How do you account for this in bookkeeping terms, and how does Sage 50 Accounts deal with the process of depreciation? In this session you will learn two methods of depreciation, and use Sage 50 Accounts to accurately account for depreciating assets.
- Accounting for write-offs:Most of your customers pay on time, but you have a problem with one customer - and you realise it will cost you more to keep chasing the payment than it’s worth. How do you write this off as a “bad debt”? In this session you will learn exactly how to adjust your books to account for the write off, and learn how to process write-off’s in Sage 50 Accounts.
- Reconciling your bank account:You have received your bank statement today but notice that the total on your statement does not match the total in your books. You also notice that you have made some entries in your books that don’t appear on your statement, and that there are some entries on your statement that don’t appear in your books! In this session we will show you how to eradicate these anomalies through a process called "reconciliation" - both manually and in Sage 50 Accounts.
- Applying performance measures:How is the performance of your business best measured? You know it is good to make a profit and you know the about "gross" profit and "net" profit, but you hear of businesses making profits that also go bust. In this session you will learn how to calculate and interpret a number of "performance measures" - both manually and in Sage 50 Accounts.
Click the button (opens a new window or tab) or call now on 0845 641 0624 or email us via the enquiry page to get started on your Sage bookkeeping training.
Introduction to Bookkeeping CD ROM course
Frequently asked questions - answered
- Is the CD-ROM course enough to prepare me for Sage 50 Accounts, or do I need to take the Introduction to (Sage) Bookkeeping Classroom Course as well?
You don’t need to take the Introduction to Bookkeeping classroom course as well. If you have done the CD ROM or Internet course then you are ready to progress to Sage 50 Accounts or Instant Accounts. - Will I be able to take this course without support?
Yes. The internet course comes with support and a certificate of achievement while the CD ROM is purely self study.
Features and benefits of CD ROM learning
- Cost effective
- You can re-do the course over and over again
- Certificate of Achievement on successful completion of course
- You are in control of what you learn and when
- No need to take time away from the office
- Bookmark where you are in the course and return to it later
- Work with simulated version of Sage Accounts avoiding interference with live data
Sage Bookkeeping Stage 1 Interactive CD ROM
If you do not have access to the internet for online training, then this is the training option for you. The Interactive CD guides you through an easy learning process, covering all the basic aspects of bookkeeping skills. Use the interactive CD to help you learn the following skills:
Course Contents
- Basic bookkeeping skills: Learn what bookkeeping is all about
- Introducing double-entry bookkeeping: Understand which accounts are involved with a transaction and recording the debits and credits
- The Trial Balance report: The importance of constructing a Trial Balance and how to create one
- Working with your customers: This session looks at the Sales Ledger (known as 'Customers' in your Sage accounts software). Learn how to record an invoice and a sales receipt and what the effect is on your nominal accounts
- Working with your suppliers: How to record a supplier invoice, record a payment, and view the creditors control account with your Purchase Ledger
- Understanding VAT and the VAT return: This session will show you how to record VAT on both sales and purchases manually and how the double-entry takes place
- Essential Management Reports: How to produce and manage Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reports
Click the button (opens a new window or tab) or call now on 0845 641 0624 or email us via the enquiry page to get started on your Sage bookkeeping training.
Sage Bookkeeping Stage 2 Interactive CD ROM
This is the second stage to our Interactive CD Bookkeeping courses and provides you with advanced knowledge on both manual and Sage Bookkeeping Skills.
Course Contents
- Review of the fundamentals: A review of some of the basic principles that are key to bookkeeping
- Working with prepayments and accruals: How to account for prepayments and accruals
- Accounting for depreciation: In this session you will learn two methods of depreciation
- Accounting for write-offs: Learn how to adjust your books to account for a write-off, and learn how to process
write-offs - Reconciling your bank account: In this session we will show you how to resolve anomalies through a process called
"reconciliation" - Applying performance measures: In this session you will learn how to calculate and interpret a number of "performance measures"
Click the button (opens a new window or tab) or call now on 0845 641 0624 or email us via the enquiry page to get started on your Sage bookkeeping training.