Accounting–Financial Accounting Total-Beginners to Advanced

1. An Introduction to Accounting, The Double Entry Accounting System, & Recording Transactions using Debits and Credits
2. Analyze, use, and create from scratch financial statements including a balance sheet, income statement, statement of equity, and statement of cash flows
3. Use the concepts of the double entry accounting system
4. Record financial transactions using the accounting equation
5. Record financial transactions using debits and credits
6. Learn when and how to use accounting methods such a the accrual method and cash method
7. Apply the concepts related to the revenue recognition principle and the matching principle to recording transactions and reading financial statements
8. Record period end adjusting entries and be able to explain why adjusting entries are necessary is a well designed accounting system
9. Record merchandising transactions. Record transactions involving inventory
10. Track inventory using cost flow methods like FIFO, LIFO, and Weighted Average Methods
11. Create and use subsidiary ledgers like accounts receivable by customer and accounts payable by vendor subsidiary ledgers
12. Learn how to create and use special journals and how they can be part of an accounting system
13. Construct and interpret a bank reconciliation, one of the most critical internal controls
14. Be able to implement internal controls over cash
15. Value account receivable and record bad debt expense using either the allowance method or direct write off method
16. Calculate depreciation using different depreciation methods including straight line depreciation, double declining balance, & units of production depreciation
17. Record payroll transactions and calculate net pay and income tax withholding
18. Record transaction specific to partnerships including methods to allocate net income to the partners, adding a new partner, and a partner leaving or selling a partnership interest
19. Record transaction specific to a corporation including selling capital stock, selling preferred stock, buying treasury stock, issuing cash dividends, and issuing stock dividends
20. Record transactions related to the issuance of bonds
21. Record transactions related to notes payable. Learn to create an amortization table.
22. Construct a statement of cash flows using the direct method and indirect method. We go into more detail about best practices to construct a statement of cash flows than any other course we have seen