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LifestyleEffective Bookkeeping and Payroll (Udemy.com)
Effective Bookkeeping and Payroll
Created by: Stone River eLearning
Last updated October 2018
Our take
Based on the ratings of 1,928 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in October 2018. No course pays to be reviewed.
Stone River eLearning's bookkeeping course runs about 14 hours across 329 short lectures and 16 chapters. It starts with accounting principles and internal controls, then moves through ledgers, reconciliations, sales tax, budgeting, cash, payroll and a full year-end close. The description lists business owners, bookkeepers, payroll staff and auditors, but the reviews suggest the real audience is narrower: people returning to accounting after years away, and beginners aiming at a bookkeeping job. The course itself says basic accounting knowledge is recommended.
Praise is steady. Reviewers call the teaching step-by-step and clear, and one says the instructor draws on her own experience to make the material feel relatable. One student with a degree from over 30 years ago said foggy concepts became much clearer. Another came for payroll and got more than expected. The complaints are small but real. One student wanted workbook PDFs for the first six sections and ended up pausing so often that it felt like 30 hours. Another found it more theory than practice. A reviewer who manages young accountants said parts are too basic.
The rating is 4.8 from 1,928 reviews, and about 88 percent of them are four or five stars. The content was last updated in October 2018, and reviewers do not flag it, but payroll and sales tax rules change, so check those chapters against current rules. As a steady, low-pressure refresher it is easy to recommend. Pair it with a spreadsheet or bookkeeping software if you need real practice.
Pros
- Instructor explains step by step and uses her own work experience to make topics relatable
- Covers payroll, sales tax, reconciliations and year-end close across 16 chapters
- Works well as a refresher for people who left accounting years ago
- 329 short lectures and 16 quizzes make it easy to study in small chunks
Cons
- No workbook PDFs for the first six sections, so students pause to take their own notes
- More theory than practice, with little hands-on work to build confidence
- Last updated in 2018, and some chapters are too basic for working accountants
Highly recommend this course for anyone that wants a rather in-depth look at the various aspects of bookkeeping and accounting principles.
Listed for all levels, but the reviews fit beginners and returners best. Some accounting basics help.
What you will learn
- Learn about the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
- Learn and implement internal controls
- Maintain subsidiary ledgers and special journals
- Reconcile accounts
- Correct wrong amounts and wrong accounts by reverse entries
- Perform sales tax calculations
- Setup a yearly budgeting plan
- Understand accounting for merchandising
- Perform accounting for cash
- Manage payroll system
Course content
17 sections · 329 lectures · 14 hours of video 16 quizzes
- 1Course Introduction 2 free previews2 lectures · 2 min
- 2Chapter 01 - Principles 4 free previews15 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.2 hours
- 3Chapter 02 - Overview of Internal Controls20 lectures · 1 quiz · 55 min
- 4Chapter 03 - Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals45 lectures · 1 quiz · 1 hour
- 5Chapter 04 – Reconciliations20 lectures · 1 quiz · 48 min
- 6Chapter 05 - Correcting Entries13 lectures · 1 quiz · 13 min
- 7Chapter 06 - Sales Tax11 lectures · 1 quiz · 25 min
- 8Chapter 07 – Budgeting13 lectures · 1 quiz · 49 min
- 9Chapter 08 - Accounting for Merchandising31 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.1 hours
- 10Chapter 09 - Accounting for Cash29 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.1 hours
- 11Chapter 10 – Payroll36 lectures · 1 quiz · 2.3 hours
- 12Chapter 11 - Partnerships and Corporations21 lectures · 1 quiz · 55 min
- 13Chapter 12 - Accounts Receivable and Bad Debts16 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.1 hours
- 14Chapter 13 - Interim Profit or Loss7 lectures · 1 quiz · 9 min
- 15Chapter 14 - Year End - Preparing to Close the Books14 lectures · 1 quiz · 41 min
- 16Chapter 15 - Year End - Closing the Books16 lectures · 1 quiz · 44 min
- 17Chapter 16 - Cash Flow20 lectures · 1 quiz · 55 min
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- Small and medium business owners
- Bookkeepers and accountants
- Payroll management staff
- Financial auditors
- Business decision makers
What you need before you start
- The course has no formal pre-requisites. However, the basic knowledge of accounting fundamentals is highly recommended.
How it compares
Against the other 200 rated Udemy courses in Accounting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 98% of them
- Reviews1,928#38 of 201 by number of reviews
- Length14.3 hourslonger than 75% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2018earlier than 89% of them
Course Description
The Bookkeeping and Payroll course prepares the candidates to become successful bookkeepers and acquire the necessary knowledge and understanding needed to create an effective and reliable bookkeeping system. The course gives the fresh graduates and inexperienced professionals a career boost and enhances their accounting and bookkeeping skills. The course helps the candidates to prove to employers that they can provide office accounting, bookkeeping and payroll management duties in an effective and efficient manner.
A bookkeeper keeps business financial records and performs basic and essential accounting tasks. The course provides an essential learning experience to the candidates to perform the basic bookkeeping and payroll management tasks in an effective and efficient manner. The course provides a launching platform to the candidates for a bright career in financial accounting, bookkeeping or payroll management.
After successfully completing this course, the students shall be able to:
Learn about the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
Learn and implement internal controls
Maintain subsidiary ledgers and special journals
Reconcile accounts
Correct wrong amounts and wrong accounts by reverse entries
Perform sales tax calculations
Setup a yearly budgeting plan
Understand accounting for merchandising
Perform accounting for cash
Manage payroll system
The course is intended for:
Small and medium business owners
Bookkeepers and accountants
Payroll management staff
Financial auditors
Business decision makers
The course has no formal pre-requisites. However, the basic knowledge of accounting fundamentals is highly recommended.
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Instructor Details
- 4.8 Rating
1,928 Reviews
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Reviews
By Angie Perez on 6/1/2024
Highly recommend this course for anyone that wants a rather in-depth look at the various aspects of bookkeeping and accounting principles. The instructor draws upon her own experiences to present the information in a much more relatable way. The pace is good and the content is very digestible in the way it is broken down in the 16 chapters. It was a great refresher course to take for someone who got a degree over 30 years ago. Some concepts that used to be rather foggy became much clearer with this instructor's explanations. Superb job!
By Brendan Whitcomb on 8/29/2023
This class was a great beginning accounting bookkeeping class. The instructor was very informative. I would gladly take any class she taught because I felt the presentation was clear and had good examples. Great class, better instructor.
By Jose Luis Cordovez on 5/7/2021
This was truly one of the best accounting and financial courses I have had in Udemy. The concepts were explained with real examples in a hands-on way. My only suggestion is to make the Excel spreadsheets available specifically at the Demo sections to follow the instructions or at the beginning of each chapter to follow the spreadsheet as one listens to the lesson. Overall, outstanding Udemy course!
By SAMGUNA KEVIN SAMA on 4/13/2021
It is a great course for me as a beginner. I was able to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and understanding of the bookkeeping and payroll cycle as well as some accounting fundamentals. Thank you for this course.
By Deepak kochar on 2/8/2021
It's a good course for basic understanding of book keeping. you need a little bit prior knowledge of book keeping and this course will help you in the process of accounting steps. Instructor is clear about her knowledge and clearly explained the things.
By Jason Vore on 1/4/2021
I was using it as a refreshing course, coming from a small CPA firm. It was basic, but thorough and accurate. The instructor kept my attention. I recommend this to anyone who is missing base knowledge on all subjects, but not for someone who has had extensive experience previously.
By Sandhya Sathenapalli on 10/17/2020
good
By Erin Orrick on 10/13/2020
It is good information. I would like to get into some more specifics.
By Meridy Rodger on 10/12/2020
Not great for beginners, jumps around a lot
By Rajesh Guleria on 10/9/2020
The teacher was quite lucid and had made the lessons interesting by throwing in small examples
By Vutivi Levers Manganye on 10/8/2020
I wanna learn more and new things
By Isaac Oluwasanmi on 9/21/2020
So far so good.
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Overall Score : 96 / 100
- Video Duration:
14.3h - Price: $18.99
- Provider: Udemy
- Updated:
October 2018 - Level:
All Levels - Language:
English - Certificate:
Yes - Lectures:329 in 17 sections
- Practice:16 quizzes
- Students:9,811
- Subtitles:2 languages
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