Bookkeeping, Tax, Accounting, QuickBooks

Advancing Your Account-Ability

Learn accounting with the Universal Accounting Course

Purpose: To help you set up a complete bookkeeping system, and manage clients from a variety of more sophisticated industries for your new accounting and bookkeeping business. Average time to Complete: 20 Hours

Bookkeeping is merely the tabulation, or score-keeping phase of accounting. In the experienced hands of a professional, this information can make the difference between success and failure of any enterprise.

Advanced accounting goes beyond the mere development of reports, and explores the value of the information. This is where the rubber meets the financial road. It aids the business in evaluating past performance, and establishing meaningful plans for the future. Without it, the business owner is running blindfolded.

Every accountant should be committed to identify financial strengths and weaknesses of the business that will make the company stronger and more profitable. Indeed, the professional accountant is "The Profit Expert" of the small business and when performing his or her role well, will be one of the most influential people within the company.

Surprisingly to most people, these skills are not taught at the college or university levels. In most cases a person either needs vocational (available at Universal Accounting Center) or on the job training to become a full-charge bookkeeper.

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PB - Professional Bookkeeper Program

Product Description

Call us today at 877-833-7909 to get started.

We will customize a program for you based on your career goals, experience level, and budget.

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This one-week course (available on DVD) is designed to train you in the more sophisticated issues associated with creating a set of books from scratch, auditing the results internally, and closing out the books at the end of the year. In addition, you will learn the unique issues associated with accounting for an inventory-financed dealer, a construction company, a manufacturing company, and a not-for-profit institution.

Course Curriculum

• Creating a set of books from scratch quickly and efficiently for three accounting scenarios: New Business, Replacing Previous Accountant, and Existing Business with no Prior Accountant.
• The practical steps of internal auditing to ensure the accuracy of the financial reports of the business.
• Choosing the right method of accounting for your business, including Cash and Accrual methods, and how to convert from one to another for greater efficiency and accuracy.
• Closing out the books at the end of the year. You will also understand the 'whys' and 'whens' of choosing between a fiscal and calendar year.
• The unique issues associated with inventory financing (dealerships), job cost accounting (construction), and cost accounting (manufacturing).
• Accounting for not-for-profit institutions.

Video 1 - Dealerships: Complicated Accounting
(Sessions 1, 2)

• How to effectively handle Flooring - the necessary evil of high-cost retailers
• Accounting for creative selling
• Understand additional sources of income that dealers have, that earn you profits, whether you are the dealer or the customer
• CASE STUDY: Discover how dealerships account for large transactions by completing the accounting for a motorcycle dealership (City Cycle Company)

Video 2 - Establish the Accounting Method that Fits the Business Best
(Sessions 3, 4)

• The very first two things you must do when accounting for a company
• Set up an efficient system from 'scratch'
• How to establish an organized system that will ensure your value as an accountant
• Choosing between the cash and accrual methods
• How to set up a hybrid system that will reap the benefits of both methods
• CASE STUDY: Convert Sonja's Art and Frame from the cash basis to the accrual basis in 3 easy steps
• How to get that iron-clad feeling -- without a shadow of a doubt -- that your financial's are right
• Identifying, customizing, and instituting effective auditing techniques
• Learn how to spot and avoid dangerous trends
• How to save the company thousands of dollars in auditing costs

Video 3 - Year End Closings and Manufacturing
(Sessions 5, 6)

• 6 final adjustments that should be considered at year-end
• Resetting the financial score
• EXERCISE: Prepare the final adjusting entries and close out the general ledger for a company
• How to set up and run an efficient accounting system for the small 'mom and pop' manufacturing company
• The simplifying trick to Process Accounting - "SPECs"
• How to price manufactured goods
• CASE STUDY: Calculate the manufacturing costs for three months for the Widget Manufacturing Company

Video 4 - Construction and Non-Profit Accounting
(Sessions 7, 8)

• Job Costing - A simple way to track costs by the project
• 3 construction computations that you must know
• Tracking revenues and costs by month
• One step that you must never forget
• CASE STUDY: Perform the accounting for CR Construction
• Accounting for a non-profit organization
• CASE STUDY: Perform the accounting for Now Moreland Church

Other Modules:
Module 1: Accounting Made Easy
Module 2: Practical Small Business Application

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PB - Professional Bookkeeper Program
The Professional Bookkeeper (PB) Program is the premier training course in small-business accounting. For more than 25 years, Universal Accounting Center has specialized in small-business accounting, honing our training materials to become the most complete and competiti... Learn More

Training Included:

Accounting Made Easy - - Course Module 1
Master the tools, procedures, and underlying principles that make up the bookkeeping processes of all businesses. Understand the core building blocks of Accounting and Bookkeeping. -- 9 Videos & Manual. See Sample

Practical Small Business Applications -- Course Module 2
Apply your understanding of the core accounting principles to specific industries. You will learn to set up books from scratch, do payroll like a seasoned pro, and much more. -- 6 Videos & Manual.See Sample

Advancing your "Account-Ability" -- Course Module 3
Sure ways to set up complete bookkeeping systems and manage the books for a variety of more sophisticated industries. -- 9 Videos & Manual.See Sample

Building a Successful Accounting Service -- Course Module 4
Learn the steps to finding paying clients. Start and Grow an accounting practice following a proven program tested and perfected since 1979. -- 7 Videos & Manuals.See Sample

Two Additional Months Follow-up Support (Free Promotional Offer)
1 month support is included for each module plus 2 months extra for a total of 6 months follow-up support

Customized Web Site (Free Promotional Offer)
With your purchase we will create a custom Web site for your business and host it for you for free for 6 months. Your Web site will become a valuable part of your marketing; in many cases you may only need to refer prospective clients to your site and it will sell your services for you. See CustomUniversal Accounting Website

Two Additional Practice Sets (Free Promotional Offer)
Practice makes perfect. The modules already contain practice sets for nine different businesses. With your purchase you'll receive two more practice sets, giving you eleven in all. This will give you even more confidence and experience in various industries and the opportunity to work with additional types of clients.

Professional Bookkeeper Testing (Free Promotional Offer)
Certificate of completion (final grade greater than 65%)
Certified Professional Bookkeeper (with 90% or better grade)

Course Countries (US, Canada, etc)
Course intended for US, Canada, and anywhere people have accounting needs.

Professional Bookkeeper Guarantee
If, after completing the course, you feel the course didn't live up to your expectation, simply return the materials to Universal, for a 100% refund of any monies paid.

PB - Professional Bookkeeper Program

Product Description

Call us today at 877-833-7909 to get started.

We will customize a program for you based on your career goals, experience level, and budget.

 Enroll or Ask Questions by Phone 1-877-833-7909
M-F 7:00am to 7:00pm MST. Current MST time is 10:49am. Or Ask Your Questions Online.
Visit with UAC in your Area! Accounting Seminars
Please see our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy for details.

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