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Each of the modules to be discussed based on business practice covers the following discussions:

 

1. Bookkeeping, Accounting and Basic Financial Reports

1. Define and list the functions of Bookkeeping and Accounting.
2 . Record transactions in the basic accounting equation.
3 . See how revenue, expenses, and withdrawals expand the basic accounting equation.
4 . Prepare an income statement, a statement of owner’s equity, and a balance sheet.

2. Charts of Accounts and Financial Statement

1. Set up and organize a chart of accounts.
2. Record transactions in T accounts according to the rules of debit and credit.
3. Prepare a trial balance.
4. Prepare financial statements from a trial balance

 

 

 

Certifications

 

     
 

 

 
     
 
  1. Certificate in Bookkeeping Course Level 1 Level 1 includes Module 1-5 of the CBC for Certificate in Bookkeeper Course
  2. Certificate in Bookkeeping Course Level 2 Level 2 includes Modules 6-16 of the CBC for Certificate in Bookkeeper Course
  3. Certificate in Bookkeeping Course Level 3 Level 3 includes Modules 17-27 of the CBC for Certificate in Bookkeeper Course
 

 

 

3. Trial Balance

 

          1. Analyze and record business transactions into a journal.

          2. Transfer information from a journal to a ledger.
          3. Prepare a trial balance.

 

4. Adjusted Trial Balance

1. Adjust prepaid rent, office supplies, depreciation on equipment, and accrued salaries.
2. Prepare adjusted trial balance on the worksheet.
3. Prepare income statement and balance sheet sections of the worksheet.
4. Prepare financial statements from the worksheet

5.Adjusting, Closing and Post-Closing Events

1. Journalize and post adjusting entries.
2. Journalize and post closing entries.
3. Prepare a post-closing trial balance.

6. Cash Bookkeeping

1. Deposit, write, and endorse checks for a checking account.
2. Reconcile a bank statement.
3. Establish and replenish a petty cash fund; set up an auxiliary petty cash record.
4. Establish and replenish a change fund.
5. Handle transactions involving cash short and over

7. Payroll Book keeping and Payroll Deductions

1. Calculate overtime pay, payroll deductions for Social Security and Medicare, and income tax.
2. Prepare a payroll register.
3. Journalize and post the payroll entry from the payroll register
4. Maintain an individual employee earnings record

8. Payroll Bookkeeping and Employer Taxes and Government Requirements

1. Calculate and journalize employer payroll tax expenses.
2. Complete the Employer’s Quarterly Tax Return and paying tax obligations for withholding tax
(Social Security and Medicare) and income tax.
3. Prepare and submit of government forms and estimates work-related computations and
documentations

9. Bookkeeping of Sales, Receivables and Cash Receipts

1. Journalize sales on account in a sales journal.
2. Post from a sales journal to the general ledger.
3. Record to the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger from a sales journal.
4. Prepare, journalize, record, and post a credit memorandum.
5. Journalize and post transactions using a cash receipts journal as well as recording to the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger.

10. Bookkeeping of Purchases, Payables and Cash Payments

1. Calculate net purchases.
2. Journalize transactions in a purchases journal.
3. Post from a purchases journal to the accounts payable subsidiary ledger and the general ledger.
4. Prepare, journalize, record, and posting a debit memorandum.
5. Journalize and post from a cash payments journal.

6. Prepare a schedule of accounts payable

11. Adjusting of Events, Correction of Errors and Worksheets

1. Figure adjustments for merchandise inventory, unearned rent, supplies used, insurance expired, depreciation expense, and salaries accrued.
2. Prepare a worksheet for a merchandise company

12. Bookkeeping Integration

1. Prepare financial statements for a merchandise company.
2. Record adjusting and closing entries.
3. Prepare a post-closing trial balance.
4. Complete reversing entries

13. Accounts Receivable Bookkeeping

1. Describe how the Bad Debts Expense account and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts account are used to record bad debts.
2. Use the income statement approach and the balance sheet approach to estimate the amount of Bad Debts Expense.
3. Prepare an Aging of Accounts Receivable.
4. Write off an account using the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts account.
5. Use the direct write-off method

14. Notes Receivable Notes Payable Bookkeeping

1. Determine interest calculations and maturity dates on notes.
2. Journalize entries to record renewal of a note, dishonoring of a note, eventual receipt of payment, and note given in exchange for equipment purchased.
3. Discount an interest-bearing note receivable and recording a discounted note that has been dishonored.
4. Handle adjustments for interest expense and interest income

15. Inventory Bookkeeping

1. Understand and journalize transactions using the perpetual inventory system and explaining the difference between perpetual and periodic inventory systems.
2. Maintain a subsidiary ledger for inventory.
3. Understand periodic methods of determining the value of the ending inventory.
4. Introduce to Inventory Methods – FIFO, Specific Identification, Weighted Average
5. Introduce to Lower of Cost or Net Realizable Value
6. Estimate ending inventory using the retail method and gross profit method and understand how the ending inventory amount affects financial reports.

16. Property Plant and Equipment Bookkeeping

1. Calculate the cost of an asset.
2. Calculate depreciation using one of four methods: straight-line, declining-balance, units of production, and sum of the years’ digits.
3. Calculate depreciation for tax purposes using the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System.
4. Explain the difference between capital expenditures and revenue expenditures.
5. Journalize entries for discarding, selling, or exchanging plant assets.
6. Explain amortization and how it applies to intangible assets

17. Bookkeeping for Partnership

1. Journalize the entry for formation of a partnership.
2. Calculate a partner’s share of net income based on fractional ratio, beginning capital investment, and salary and interest allowances.
3. Prepare a statement of partners’ equity.
4. Journalize entries to record admitting a new partner, withdrawal of a partner, and bonuses to partners.
5. Journalize entries involved in the liquidation process and preparing a statement of liquidation.

18 Bookkeeping for a Corporation

1. Define a corporation; establishing a corporation; listing the advantages and disadvantages of a corporation.
2. Journalize entries for issuing par-value stock, no-par stock, and no-par with stated value stock.
3. Calculate dividends on preferred and common stock.
4. Record capital stock transactions under a stock subscription plan.

19. Bookkeeping for Equity Transactions

1. Calculate the book value of preferred and common stock.
2. Journalize entries to record issuance of a cash dividend and a stock dividend.
3. Journalize the purchase and sale of treasury stock.
4. Prepare a statement of retained earnings

20. Bonds Bookkeeping

1. Record of bonds as well as interest payments.
2. Introduce to Bond discounts and bond premiums by the straight-line method and by effective
interest method.
3. Adjust entries for bonds
4. Relate to retirement of bonds and to sinking funds.

21. Statement of Cash Flows

1. Understand the purpose of a statement of cash flows.
2. Prepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows using the indirect method.
3. Prepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows using the direct method.
4. Prepare a statement of cash flows.

22. Financial Statement Analysis

1. Prepare comparative balance sheets.
2. Use horizontal and vertical analysis techniques.
3. Calculate the four different types of ratios: liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, debt management ratios, and profitability ratios.

23. Voucher System

1. Prepare vouchers, recording them in a voucher register, and recording payment of vouchers in a check register.
2. Record revised vouchers to handle non-routine transactions in a voucher system.
3. Use the net amount method to record invoices and payment.

24. Segment Reporting

1. Prepare income statements focusing on gross profit by departments.
2. Prepare income statements focusing on departmental net income.
3. Prepare income statements focusing on departmental contribution margin.

25. Fundamentals on Manufacturing Companies

1. Prepare a cost of goods manufacturing schedule.
2. Journalize transactions recording the manufacturing process
3. Prepare a worksheet for a manufacturing company.

26. Bookkeeping for Manufacturing Companies

1. Prepare a cost of goods manufacturing schedule.
2. Journalize transactions recording the manufacturing process.
3. Prepare a worksheet for a manufacturing companies

27. Internal Controls and Fraud Prevention

1. Prepare a simple internal control manual
2. Determine Cash and non-cash theft
3. Determine Check fraud
4. Determine Credit card fraud
5. Determine Inventory fraud

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