Certified Bookkeeper Training

This course is designed for individuals to prepare for the 4 exams needed to obtain the certification.

This 64-hour course is great for anyone looking to advance their Bookkeeping career to the next level. Whether you are a freelancer or a bookkeeper working for a company this certification will help you gain national recognition and a complete well rounded knowledge in bookkeeping. The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers created this certification in 1987 and has since become the national standards for Bookkeepers. This certification can greatly affect your pay, promotions, and job opportunities.

This is not a beginner course. Students will need to have basic bookkeeping knowledge such as experience in double entry bookkeeping, or a few college level accounting courses or our Bookkeeping Basic course offered by TIA -

Lesson 1: Mastering Adjusting Entries

• Section 1: Why we use accruals, deferrals and other adjustments.
• Section 2: Accrued revenue. How to record accrued revenue.
• Section 3: Accrued expenses.
• Section 4: Revenue collected in advance (unearned revenue).
• Section 5: Prepaid (deferred) expenses.
• Section 6: Other adjusting entries.
• Section 7: From unadjusted to adjusted trial balance.

Lesson 2: Mastering Correction of Accounting Errors

• Section 1: Where errors occur and how to find them.
• Section 2: Performing the bank reconciliation.
• Section 3: Using the trial balance to find errors.
• Section 4: Correcting current-period accrual errors.
• Section 5: Correcting current-period deferral errors.

Lesson 3: Mastering Payroll

• Section 1: Who is an employee?
• Section 2: Federal v. state laws.
• Section 3: Paying employees.
• Section 4: Required payroll data.
• Section 5: Form W-4 and state withholding forms.
• Section 6: Withholding and depositing taxes.
• Section 7: Filing federal reporting forms.
• Section 8: When wages are taxable.
• Section 9: Other federal and state requirements.
• Section 10: Journal entries.

Lesson 4: Mastering Depreciation

• Section 1: Depreciation for book v. tax purposes.
• Section 2: Depreciation under GAAP (for book purposes).
• Section 3: The straight-line method.
• Section 4: The units of production method.
• Section 5: The declining balance method.
• Section 6: The sum-of-the-years'-digits method.
• Section 7: Depreciation for tax purposes.
• Section 8: Depreciating vehicles for tax purposes.

Lesson 5: Mastering Inventory

• Section 1: Introduction.
• Section 2: The perpetual method.
• Section 3: The periodic method.
• Section 4: Weighted average costing.
• Section 5: First-in, first-out (FIFO) costing.
• Section 6: Last-in, first-out (LIFO) costing.
• Section 7: The lower of cost or market (LCM) rule.

Lesson 6: Mastering Internal Controls and Fraud Prevention

• Section 1: Employee inventory theft.
• Section 2: Preventing employee theft.
• Section 3: Check fraud. and fraud schemes.
• Section 4:Credit card fraud.
• Section 5:How vendors can cheat you.

What does the Certified Bookkeeper training course include?

• Small Class Size.
• Excellent instructors, all who are either Certified Bookkeeper or CPA's. All instructors have a minimum of 10 years of experience as an instructor and bookkeeper or accountant
• The most flexible schedule. We have weekday, evening and weekend courses available.
• Tuition includes all books, registration fee, and exam fees including the 2 national Prometric exam ($650 Value)
• Free retake if needed, good for up to 1 Year (class only)
• Become a Certified Bookkeeper at the end of the Course. You will be able to put "CB" after your name
  

FAQ

Is this an online or a live classroom training?

This class is a live classroom training in New York City.

Would I get a certificate after completing the class?

Yes you will get a certificate of completion at the end of the class.

Is the training manual included?

Yes the course fee includes a training manual.