Bookkeeping
Become a Bookkeeper with at-home training from Penn Foster Workforce Development.
Learn the skills you need to become a Professional Bookkeeper while studying at home. It's convenient, affordable and accredited. You'll get hands-on training in:
- Assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity
- Preparing a balance sheet and income statement
- The basics of the general journal, ledger,
and the T account - Revenue, expenses, and trial balance
- Payroll accounting, accounting systems, and wholesale accounting
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Instruction Set 1
Learning Strategies
Identifying and implementing a successful study method; planning when, where, and how you'll study; creating effective and efficient study tools; using study tools to improve chances for success.
The Accounting Equation
Assets, liabilities, owner's equity, and the accounting equation; preparing a balance sheet.
Workbook One
Supplement: A Glossary of Accounting Terms
Instruction Set 2
The Books of Accounting
The basics of the general journal; the basics of the ledger, including the T account, the chart of accounts, and opening a ledger account.
Assets, Liabilities, and Owner's Equity
Account balances for asset accounts, liability accounts, and owner's equity accounts; footing and balancing the ledger; analyzing a transaction; posting to the general ledger.
Learning Aids:
• Account Analyzer
• How to Use Your Account Analyzer
Instruction Set 3
Revenue, Expenses, and Trial Balance
Another look at owner's equity; permanent and temporary accounts; normal balances.
Workbook Two
Financial Reports
Worksheets; how to prepare an income statement and a balance sheet; closing steps for expense and revenue summary accounts; balancing and ruling the books at the end of the year; temporary ledger accounts; permanent ledger accounts; the general ledger; the accounting cycle.
Workbook Three
Instruction Set 4
Accounting for Cash and Payroll Accounting
How to account for cash and where to keep money; the proprietorship; computing employee earnings; keeping records for the government; employer-paid taxes and paying payroll taxes.
Workbook Four
Accounting Systems
Accrual accounting; the importance of inventory accounting; posting to the general ledger and other business records.
Workbook Five
Wholesale Accounting
Accounting procedures for wholesale sales, discounts, sales returns, and allowances; maintaining the accounts receivable ledger; recording cash, credit, and C.O.D. purchases; maintaining accounts payable ledger; promissory notes and interest-bearing notes.
Workbook Six
Supplement: How to Read an Income Statement and a Balance Sheet
Instruction Set 5
Assets and End-of-the-Month Activities
Accounting procedures for long-term tangible and intangible assets; amortization and depreciation; the end-of-the-month accounting procedures.
Workbook Seven
Introduction to Windows®
The role of Windows® as the computer's operating system; Windows® commands and functions; customizing your computer to suit your needs; Windows® Accessories; help screens and system tools.
Instruction Set 6
Microsoft® Excel
Creating and modifying a worksheet in Excel; working with charts in Excel.
Graded Project: Microsoft® Excel
Textbook: Microsoft® Excel
Instruction Set 7
Bookkeeping Project
Maintain the accounting records and prepare financial statements for this sole proprietorship. Includes ledgers, business papers and checks, journals, and the narrative of transactions. Project must be completed manually.
Graduation Set
(Sent to you when all program requirements and financial obligations have been met.)
Supplements:
• Mastering Adjusting Entries (AIPB exam preparation book)
• Mastering Correction of Accounting Errors (AIPB exam preparation book)
• Mastering Payroll (AIPB exam preparation book)
• AIPB Handbook
Certified Bookkeeper Exam Voucher
The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers Certification Exam is designed to evaluate the skills and knowledge needed to carry out all bookkeeping and accounting functions through the trial balance and basic skills for firms with as many as 100 to 200 employees. Penn Foster Career School encourages students to take the exam, and includes an $85 voucher to help defray the cost.
We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation registered in the United States of America and/or other jurisdictions.
IBM is a trademark of IBM Corporation registered in the United States of America and/or other jurisdictions.
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