QuickBooks Desktop Made Simple For Small Business Owners (Udemy.com)
Only Basic Essential Bookkeeping For Last Minute Tax Preparation
Created by: Mark Smolen
Last updated March 2023
What you will learn
- All Essential QuickBooks QuickBooks Desktop Features Nessisary For Minimum Bookkeeping Requirements
- How To Service Bookkeeping Clients Who need The Minumum Amount Of Bookkeping And Reports
- What Documents Are Necessary To Accurately Record The Minimum Amount Of Bookkeeping Necessary
- How To Set Up A QuickBooks Desktop File
- How To Manage The QuickBooks Chart Of Accounts
- How To Set Up And use Customer And Vendor List Names
- How To Set Up And Use “Register Windows” In QuickBooks Desktop
- How To Record All Bank Deposits From Income Sources Or Owner’s Investment
- How To Record All Checks And Expenses As Well As Owner’s Personal Non-Business Withdrawals
- How To Record All Types Of Credit Card Transactions
- How To Properly Record All Cash Related Transactions
- How To Navigate All Of QuickBooks Smoothly And Easily
- How To Set Up, Customize And Use QuickBooks Reports
How it compares
Against the other 200 rated Udemy courses in Accounting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 31% of them
- Reviews61#195 of 201 by number of reviews
- Length3 hoursshorter than 76% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2023earlier than 50% of them
Course Description
Would you like to go quickly from beginner to expert for everything that a small business owner Using QuickBooks Desktop Could Need?
This ground-breaking new course will give just you what you need to completely manage all of your company's minimum required financial records quickly and simply without wasting time with anything that does not apply to you.
You will be able to find transactions instantly. You will see all your customer transactions sorted together and your service vendor transactions as well. This gives you total control over what's going on in your company. You can also see a monthly profit and loss so you can see clearly where your money is coming in from and where it's going to. You can compare how well you did from month to month.
In this QuickBooks Desktop crash course, you will learn to correctly and easily do the minimum amount of required bookkeeping in the shortest amount of time.
You can start this course with no knowledge of anything, and just by following along step by step, you will be at an expert level of QuickBooks Desktop IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS!!
You will be able to record any type of transaction that is required for the minimum amount of bookkeeping that the IRS, or any other regulatory agency, would require for you to summarize your transactions to make accurate financial reports and documents.
Most small business owners need to focus on running their company and not get distracted by bookkeeping issues or details. This course fixes that issue so you can be the best you can be without spending all of your time doing bookkeeping.
Anyone who needs to do an entire year's worth of bookkeeping in a few short days or weeks, should definitely take this course.
This course is topic rich with all the vital topics you would need to do bookkeeping for the most common self-employed small-business owners.
In fact, if you did no bookkeeping at all so far, the methods shown here are exactly what your accountant would do to expedite your bookkeeping in an express but accurate way just to be able to do your taxes.
It's very important that you quickly read the list of topics to see how many wonderful topics will be presented to you in a smooth and easy and enjoyable way to learn.
1. PREPARING NECESSARY DOCUMENTS
2. IDENTIFYING THE NECESSARY BOOKKEEPING NEEDS OF A SMALL BUSINESS
3. CREATING A QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP COMPANY FILE
4. SETTING THE COMPANY PREFERENCES
5. SET UP, UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING THE CHART OF ACCOUNTS
6. MAKING THINGS EASY BY USING THE DESKTOP ICON BAR
7. CUSTOMIZING AND MANAGING QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP REPORTS
8. MANAGING NAMES LIST (CUSTOMERS / VENDORS)10.. RECORDING BANK DEPOSITS
9. RECORDING ALL BANK DEPOSITS
10. RECORDING CHECKS AND EXPENSES
11. USING THE REGISTER WINDOWS
12. RECORDING ALL CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS
13. MANAGING AND RECORDING PETTY CASH AND CASH-ON-HAND TRANSACTIONS
14. RECORDING AND CLASSIFYING BUSINESS-TO PERSONAL-TRANSACTIONS
15. NAVIGATING AND EDITING ALL QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP WINDOWS
16. FINDING AND FIXING ANY MISTAKES
I'm so sure that you will not have any questions that I offer free unlimited responses to any question or message you might have about the course material. I always get back to my students quickly because I am so thankful that they took my course and I want them to enjoy the learning experience.
I wish you good luck with your bookkeeping studies and I hope to see you there
Mark
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
61 Reviews
Mark Smolen
I have 3 decades of experience teaching Computerized Accounting. I have taught QuickBooks at A.S.A college in Manhattan New York. I have made my lessons available to certified job training schools for adult education and have helped place hundreds of students in good paying jobs using QuickBooks and other software that they learned in my class. Now, I've helped thousands of students from Udemy get great jobs or run their own business.
I am a permanently licensed teacher by the New York State Education Department. I am also a Certified QuickBooks Pro adviser for 2 decades. I have made these videos by determining what my clients needed.
I wanted to help anyone using QuickBooks be prepared for the real-life, hands-on challenges that come with mastering the bookkeeping function of any company. I will prepare you for real life QuickBooks situations that can be challenging or frustrating if nobody shows the tips and tricks that will make using QuickBooks a fun task
I enjoy helping students turn frustration in to a feeling of comfort and satisfaction with QuickBooks. I'm always available to my students when they need me.
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Reviews
By Marcella on 3/6/2023
This was exactly what I needed to learn to get the job done. Videos were clear and to the point. Thank you Mark!
By Patricia De Pons on 9/20/2022
yes. Pretty good. I will continue and see by the end if it answers most of my questions.
By Christine Silva-Netto on 4/1/2022
Very knowledgable and for the short cut concept, he is very detailed. Good examples. He also seems to be very excited for us to do well.
By Todd Jones on 12/30/2021
Well done. Well presented. I literally knew nothing about QB and have now completed my year end books 90% in two days. THANK YOU.
By Angela Luck on 9/26/2021
the videos stop mid sentence and then moving on to the next video so I feel like I am missing information
By Peter Joseph Brookes on 9/14/2021
Index of video to watch in the series shows on the screen all the time, how do you get rid of it so you can see just the tutorial
By Madonna on 10/8/2019
This course was very informative, however it was not what I was looking for.
By Eric Winterton on 3/15/2019
Gave valuable information I needed to get my quickbooks setup. I have 2019 quickbooks pro desktop, his is 2016 in the videos, they're identical.
By K B on 11/9/2017
Clear, enthusiastic narration from experienced instructor. Material is presented efficiently but not too quickly. Video of screens and windows is good.
By Karina Tumanyan on 1/30/2017
I renew my knowledge in QuickBooks. I learnt how quickly and easy we can record all kinds of transactions.
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