Bookkeeping Systems

Setting up a bookkeeping system is one of the first and most important decisions you'll make when running a business - and getting it wrong from the start creates problems that compound over time. In this course, I'll give you a clear, practical overview of both traditional manual bookkeeping systems and computerised systems, so you can make an informed choice and implement it with confidence.

I'm a bookkeeping entrepreneur with decades of experience working with businesses of all sizes, and I've seen firsthand how much difference the right system makes when it's properly understood from the ground up.

You'll learn the essential bookkeeping terminology - assets, liabilities, income, expenses - and how these concepts flow through both a manual and a computerised system. You'll understand the books of prime entry, how they relate to each other, and how a manual system maps directly onto software like QuickBooks Desktop, so you're never just clicking buttons without knowing what's happening behind the scenes.

A course booklet is included, and the video lectures walk you through the material alongside it - so you can follow at your own pace and refer back to the booklet whenever you need a reminder.

This course takes approximately one hour to complete and is ideal as a standalone introduction or as a foundation before moving into more advanced bookkeeping study.

Don't start a computerised system without understanding the manual one first — the mechanics behind bookkeeping don't change, whatever software you use. Enrol today and build the foundation that makes everything else make sense.