QuickBooks Online Bank Reconciliation, Proving Correctness (Udemy.com)
Real-Life, Hands-On Challenges Addressed To Make All Your Records Correct To The Last Detail
Created by: Mark Smolen
Last updated August 2026
Our take
Based on the ratings of 133 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in August 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.
Mark Smolen's course is a narrow, practical one: how to prove that a set of QuickBooks Online books is right. Most of the 5.2 hours, more than three, goes to bank reconciliation, taught across five consecutive months in a single account. It then moves to reconciling receivables and payables against customer and vendor statements, and finding miscoded expenses. It assumes some basic data entry experience, so it fits working or aspiring bookkeepers better than someone opening QuickBooks for the first time.
Reviewers like the teaching most. They say Smolen explains the why behind each step, not just the clicks, and shows how to correct common mistakes. One reviewer felt more confident reconciling credit card and bank accounts afterward, and another liked the projects and being able to follow along. The complaints are narrower. A few older reviews could not find practice files or links in the lecture descriptions. One three-star reviewer felt some issues were skipped and the rules needed more explanation, and another found delivery not concise.
The rating is a solid 4.5 from 133 reviews, with 77 of them five stars and only five below three. The course was last updated in August 2026, so it is current. The sales copy is loud, but the content itself is plain and useful. It is a good pick for anyone who reconciles accounts for a living. Before you start, check that the practice resources are attached, since that was the main frustration.
Pros
- Spends over three hours on bank reconciliation, with five consecutive months in one account
- Explains the why behind each step and shows how to fix common mistakes, reviewers say
- Covers the discrepancy report, undoing a reconciliation and the first month's beginning balance
- Extends to receivables, payables and reclassifying wrongly categorized expenses
Cons
- Some reviewers could not find practice files or links in the lecture descriptions
- One reviewer felt some issues were skipped and the reconciliation rules were not fully explained
- Assumes basic QuickBooks Online data entry, so true beginners may struggle
Mark is an excellent teacher. The ideas presented are clear and easy to follow. I feel much more confident reconciling credit card and bank accounts in QuickBooks after participating in this course.
Listed for all levels, but it assumes basic QuickBooks Online data entry, so it suits bookkeepers more than total beginners.
What you will learn
- How To Prove An Entire Set Of Company Financial Records Are Correct To The Last Detail
- An Overview Of The Bank Reconciliation Ideas And Process
- Understand And Use The Cleared Balance
- How To Reconcile The First Month's bank Reconciliation
- How To Manage Consecutive Month's Bank Reconciliation
- How To Complete Any Challenging Bank Reconciliation In QuickBooks Online
- How To Manage Every Possible "Real-Life" , "On The Job" Challenge Or Issue When Doing Bank Reconciliation
- How To Do The Special Steps For A "First Month's" Bank Reconciliation
- How To Reconcile With Customers And Vendors Statements When Working With Receivables And Payables
- How To Re-Classify Transactions To The Correct Expense Category
- How To Find And Fix Mistaken Expense Category Classifications
- Use The Discrepancy Report To Fix Mistakes In Past Months
- Identify The Common Transaction And Reconciliation Mistakes
- Adjust A Bank Reconciliation To Force It To Fit
- Undo A Bank Reconciliation With The Accountant's Edition
- Special First Month's Adjustment For Begining Balance And Outstanding Checks
- How To Prove And Accounts Receivable And Customer Records Are Correct To The Last Detail
- How To Prove Vendor And Accounts Payable Records Are Correct To The Last Detail
- How To Reconcile Your Records With Customers And Vendors
Course content
6 sections · 23 lectures · 5.2 hours of video 1 quiz
- 1Introduction and Set Up 2 free previews5 lectures · 47 min
- 2Bank Reconciliation11 lectures · 3.4 hours
- 3Proving Entire Set OF Company Records Correct2 lectures · 29 min
- 4Reconciling QuickBooks With Customers And Vendor Statements4 lectures · 25 min
- 5Test Your Knowledge And Skill From This Course1 quiz
- 6Bonus Section1 lecture · 2 min
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- Self-Employed Bookkeepers Who Need To Prove All Client's Records Correct
- Students Becoming Bookkeepers And Accountants Absolutely Need This Course
- Anyone Who Needs To Be Able To Prove That An Entire Set Of Company Records Are Correct To The Last Detail
- Anyone Who Has Basic Experience Using QuickBooks Or QuickBooks Online
- Anyone Who Wants To Completely Master all The Ideas And Challenges Of Bank And Credit Card Reconciliation In QuickBooks Online
- Anyone Working With Accounts Receivable And Customer Records Or Accounts Payable With Vendor Records
- Anyone Who Needs To Guarantee Accuracy In Their Accounts Receivable Or Accounts Payable Records
What you need before you start
- Some Basic Experience In Simple QuickBooks Online Data Entry
- Very Basic Computer Skills
How it compares
Against the other 200 rated Udemy courses in Accounting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 49% of them
- Reviews133#168 of 201 by number of reviews
- Length5.2 hoursshorter than 57% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 90% of them
Course Description
Would you like to be able to prove that your entire set of QuickBooks Online records are correct to the last detail? You would be a hero in every company you ever work for? With this best, complete Bank Reconciation Training Tutorial you could garantee that you could always fix the financial records and prove to anyone, anywhere that all of your QuickBooks Online is perfectly correct. The topics in the QuickBooks Online video training tutorials will show every possible step you can take, to make sure that you can do all that and more; very easily!! You do NOT have to be an accountant to understand and apply what you will learn in this revolutionary, ground-breaking course.
The demonstration starts with QuickBooks online bank reconciliation first month and gives you a chance to follow step-by-step for each of five consecutive bank reconciliations in the same account. This is why this course is the closet approximation that you can get to real-life, “on the job” training for bank reconciliation in QuickBooks online. You will use the reconciliation discrepancy report to find and fix improper changes to your account after it has been reconciled. You will learn how to make a “beginning balance adjustment for the first month’s reconciliation and be able to undo a reconciliation if necessary. You will see how t open and use the bank reconciliation reports and deal with uncleared checks that clear in the following month’s bank statement.
Each bank reconciliation topic includes a theory explanation that will help with your understanding of the context of each topic that is demonstrated. Then, you can set up and follow the practical application of what you learn as you go along with the video instruction. When you finish the bank reconciliation part, you will be an expert in bank reconciliation in QuickBooks online.
This QuickBooks 0nline expert level course also includes videos on how to reconcile your accounts receivable records and reconcile your accounts payable records with customers and vendors respectively. These videos give you the keys to making sure that all of your customer/receivable and vendor/payable reports and records are correct to the last detail.
The last videos show the overall concepts and ideas of proving any company’s financial records are all perfectly correct even if they were not using QuickBooks online, but instead using another accounting system. It doesn’t matter; the things you learn in this course will apply anywhere in any type of company’s financial records.
We close with showing you methods of finding and fixing incorrectly classified expense categories for your checks and bills. You can use the custom reports in the way that is show or you can use the accountant’s toolbox where there is an “Account Reclassification Tool”.
This is a fantastic and fun course that will, for the first time anywhere, show non-accounting people everything necessary to prove an entire set of company financial records are all correct.
Be a hero to anyone who is strungling with QuickBooks Online by helping them with what you will learn here.
I know you will enjoy this course and I know you will learn well.
Please contact me immediately if you have any issue or question about the course.
-Mark
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
133 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 Udemy User on 7/29/2025
I feel that the content is thorough and having the ability to physically follow along with the training is outstanding. Mark Swollen seems to cover the key points in a concise and easy to understand manner. He doesn’t just say “do this or that”. He spells out the how and “why” of particular procedure as well as showing how to correct common mistakes.
By JEZEBEL SHARP on 5/28/2025
I'm glad participating this course, very informative. Thank you MARK you're a great instructor. God bless you.
By Kent Morren on 5/2/2025
Mark is a brilliant instructor and shows full understanding of the subject.
By Jeff Reynolds on 5/25/2023
The instructor is nice and speaks plainly enough to make it really easy to follow along.
By David Yessis on 12/29/2022
Mark is an excellent teacher. The ideas presented are clear and easy to follow. I feel much more confident reconciling credit card and bank accounts in QuickBooks after participating in this course.
By Enas Ibrahim Ali on 11/30/2022
I love the fact that I was able to download the software and follow along. explination is very clear. Thank you
By Cheryl McCoy on 7/15/2022
Thank you for including projects! Practice makes the teaching "stick"! Mark Step by step visual instructions to accompany his very thorough verbal explanations make Mark Smolen a fantastic teacher!
By Linda Quinn on 5/31/2021
There is no link in the description to use this course and it useless without it. very frustrating
By Bill Cowperthwaite on 3/18/2020
I had some serious problems with reconciling an account that was transferred from an earlier version of QB. The problem is not fixed yet but the first step was solved by this video .
By Jeylin Vasquez on 2/13/2020
It was good but could find the link to practice, and the the website won´t allow me to create an account without paying even if I follow these steps
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












