Online Class: QuickBooks 101

Course Lessons

• Lesson 1: Introduction to QuickBooks

  QuickBooks is an accounting software program created by Intuit for small businesses and self-employed professionals.

• Lesson 2: Installing the Software and Using QuickBooks Setup

  You will install your QuickBooks software as you would any other software program.

• Lesson 3: Navigating QuickBooks

  If you have never used QuickBooks before, this tour will help make the program easier to use. However, if you have used previous versions, you are really going to be impressed by the improvements you will discover.

• Lesson 4: QuickBooks Lists

  In this lesson, we are going to talk about Item lists, then teach you how to add different types of items to your Item list in QuickBooks.

• Lesson 5: Other Types of Lists

  In this lesson, we are going to continue to learn how to create lists you are going to need to use this software effectively.

• Lesson 6: Setting Up Customers

  Adding customers to your Customer List means you can send them estimates, receipts, and invoices.

• Lesson 7: Setting up Vendors

  Here is how to add vendors to QuickBooks.

• Lesson 8: Creating Invoices

  Creating invoices with QuickBooks is easy. However, there are a few things you need to do before you begin.

• Lesson 9: Collecting and Tracking Money From Customers

  In this lesson, you are going to learn how to enter payments into QuickBooks, deposit the money into the bank, track the amount that is owed, and even add finance charges.

• Lesson 10: Paying Bills

  If you use the accounts payable system, then you will want to record your bills in QuickBooks as soon as you receive them, so you don't forget to pay them.

• Lesson 11: Purchasing and Entering Inventory

  QuickBooks allows you to enter and track your inventory.

• Lesson 12: Managing Bank Accounts

  In this lesson, we are going to focus on managing your bank accounts using QuickBooks.

• Lesson 13: Credit Cards

  QuickBooks can be used to track your business credit cards, as well as your checkbook.

• Lesson 14: Printing Checks

  Printing checks is not like printing documents or spreadsheets. You have to make sure your printer is set to print them before you begin. In other words, it takes a little preparation.

• Lesson 15: Payroll

  If you don't want to pay for payroll services, and you insist on doing it yourself, we'll show you how to use QuickBooks to do your payroll.

• Lesson 16: Your Budget

  In this lesson, we are going to teach you how to create your budget.

• Lesson 17: Balancing Accounts

  In this lesson, we are going to learn to balance your bank account using QuickBooks.

• Lesson 18: Reports

  QuickBooks gives you the ability to run several different types of reports. We are going to talk about these in this lesson, as well as teach you how to run them.