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QuickBooks Online Complete Training + Claude AI
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(381 ratings)
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QuickBooks Online Complete Training + Claude AI

QuickBooks Online Setup, Chart of Accounts, Invoicing, Bank Rec, Reports & VAT + Claude AI for Accountants
Last updated 10/2026
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What you'll learn

  • Set up a new company file in QuickBooks Online and navigate its interface confidently
  • Create and customize the chart of accounts, enter opening balances, and manage control accounts
  • Record credit and cash sales/purchases, handle journal entries, and manage customer/vendor accounts
  • Enter inventory items with opening balances and resolve inventory-related errors
  • Work with prepaid rent, security deposits, and repair & maintenance expenses
  • Manage customer advances, sales orders, purchase orders, and convert them to invoices
  • Record purchase and sales returns, bad debts, and other real-life business adjustments
  • Reconcile bank accounts and extract financial reports like Trial Balance, P&L, and Balance Sheet
  • Customize reports, work with dashboards, and analyze key business data
  • Understand and apply job costing and manage sales tax efficiently using QuickBooks Online
  • Use Claude AI to automate bookkeeping, journal entries, reconciliation, and VAT returns alongside QuickBooks Online

Course content

3 sections • 62 lectures • 5h 3m total length
  • How to Setup Quickbooks Online Trial Account for Practice12:52
  • How to Setup QuickBooks Online Trial Account Step by Step4:27

    Learn to activate the QuickBooks Online free trial and create a brand-new company from scratch with opening balances and a complete chart of accounts. The process includes US number verification.

  • How to Relogin in QuickBooks Online System1:04

    Relog into the QuickBooks online system by going to the sign-in page, selecting QuickBooks online, and entering your saved id and password to access your account.

  • Company Creation and Introduction to Interface3:17

    Create and name a new QuickBooks Online company, explore the latest interface, navigate the dashboard, and access accounting, banking, and sales sections to manage invoices, accounts, and transactions.

  • Understanding QuickBooks Online Chart of Accounts2:30

    Explore the chart of accounts in QuickBooks Online from accounting tab and see how entering customer balances auto-updates receivables, with options to create or edit ledgers like buildings at cost.

  • Important Message1:43

    Learn to post a course review in the QuickBooks Online portal, rate your experience, add comments, and complete save-and-exit steps to record your review.

  • Entering Customer Balances and Linking to Control Accounts3:33

    Enter customers and their opening balances in QuickBooks Online, including manual entry and display names, then ensure the accounts receivable balance matches the linked control account.

  • Change Date Format in QuickBooks Online1:41

    Change the date format in QuickBooks online by going to account and settings > advanced > other preferences, choose date, month, year, and save the changes.

  • Entering Vendor Balances and Linking to Control Accounts2:39

    Learn to enter vendor details and opening balances in QuickBooks Online, automatically creating and updating the accounts payable control account and reflecting the combined balance in the chart of accounts.

  • Creating and Editing Chart of Accounts With Opening Balances6:12

    Create and edit the chart of accounts in QuickBooks Online, delete extra ledgers, and set opening balances while applying accumulated depreciation to fixed assets like buildings, motor vehicles, and machinery.

  • Creating and Editing Chart of Accounts With Opening Balances part 20:48

    Continue building the chart of accounts by adding cash on hand, creating the entry if missing, and setting its opening balance of 694730 as of 1st January, and save.

  • Creating Ledger Of Bank with opening balances14:25

    Learn to create bank ledgers with opening balances in QuickBooks Online, set up bank accounts, record January opening balances, and generate a trial balance with adjustments.

  • Entering Inventory and Opening Balances in QuickBooks Online7:56

    Enter inventory details and opening balances in QuickBooks Online to update the control account and ledger, linking items from the inventory tab.

  • Understanding The Difference Between Trading and Non Trading Activities2:37

    Distinguish trading from non trading activities in a car parts business, covering inventory purchases and sales, and contrast with office expenses for QuickBooks online setup.

  • Handling Journal Entries2:41

    Learn how to create and post journal entries in QuickBooks online, including non-trading activity with opening balances and adjustments for furniture purchases paid in cash.

  • Dealing With Prepaid Rent and Security Deposits6:01

    Learn to record prepaid rent as a current asset in QuickBooks Online, adjust expenses when the benefit is consumed, and classify security deposits as other assets.

  • How to Locate Existing Journal Entries2:04

    Locate and review journal entries in QuickBooks Online by using recent journal entries or standard reports, filter by date range, and view opening balances and period transactions in real time.

  • Creating and Customizing Reports2:43

    Extract and customize QuickBooks reports and save the settings for future use. Apply non-zeros, date range, accrual basis, and formatting to journal and trial balance reports, saved as a report.

  • Dealing With Repair and Maintenance Expenses2:45

    Learn how to book repair and maintenance expenses in QuickBooks Online using the expenses route or a journal entry, including cash in hand, the date, and the maintenance account.

  • Receiving Payment Against Customer Balances3:44

    Learn how to receive customer payments against opening balances or pending invoices in QuickBooks online, using two methods and recording cash and journal-entry effects.

  • Entering Credit Purchase Invoices and Resolving Inventory Errors8:46

    Learn to enter a credit purchase invoice in QuickBooks Online, selecting the vendor, applying terms, itemizing inventory, and reviewing the journal entry showing inventory debits and accounts payable credits.

  • Entering Credit Purchase Invoice With New Vendor2:25

    Enter a purchase invoice from a new vendor in QuickBooks Online by adding the vendor, entering bill details, and listing item details with quantities and rates.

  • Entering Cash Sales In Quickbooks Online4:05

    Record cash sales for walk-in customers using a sales receipt in QuickBooks Online, track cash and inventory, and reflect four journal entries: cash, sales, inventory, and cost of goods sold.

  • Dealing With Customer Advances2:58

    Record customer advances in QuickBooks online using a bank deposit, classify as other current liabilities, debit cash, and credit customer advances; verify in the transaction journal.

  • Handling Sales Orders in Quickbooks Online2:46

    Record a sales order in QuickBooks online by adding a new sales order, entering customer and item details (Corolla windscreen, civic headlights, Prius filters), then saving; non financial until delivery.

  • How to Record Credit Sales Invoice4:02

    Record a credit sales invoice in QuickBooks Online by creating invoice and entering items for a customer. Transaction journal shows accounts receivable, sales, inventory, cost of goods sold, and profit.

  • Dealing With Purchase Order In Quickbooks2:24

    Enter a purchase order in QuickBooks online by selecting a vendor, date, and item lines with quantities and rates; save for documentation.

  • Writing Off Bad Debts in Quickbooks Online6:25

    Learn to write off bad debts in QuickBooks Online by creating a bad debts expense, issuing a credit memo, and closing customer balances for accurate reports.

  • Entering Purchase of Services3:34

    Learn to enter purchases of services in QuickBooks using vendor bills, add a packing charges service item, and record cost of goods sold and accounts payable in the transaction journal.

  • Payment Against Pending Bills2:23

    Pay a vendor bill in QuickBooks by cheque and apply a 3000 partial payment to the 4500 bill, then save and verify the updated accounts payable and bank balance.

  • Converting Sales Order to Sales Invoice in QB Online1:21

    Convert a sales order to an invoice in QuickBooks Online using the convert to invoice option, then verify the created invoice and its invoiced status.

  • Settle Customer Advances Against Invoice6:25

    Create a customer advances liability, record cash with a service item, and convert a sales order to an invoice to deduct advances and settle accounts receivable.

  • Dealing With Purchase Returns in QuickBooks2:12

    Record a purchase return in QuickBooks Online using a vendor credit, select the item and quantity, and reflect the return in a journal entry debiting accounts payable and crediting inventory.

  • Dealing With Sales Returns in QuickBooks1:45

    Learn to process a sales return in QuickBooks by creating a credit memo for Mr. Albert Jan 24, reversing receivables and sales, restoring inventory, and reducing cost of goods sold.

  • Settle Customer Account Against Pending Balances2:40

    Learn to settle customer balances by recording cash receipts against pending invoices, apply payments to all open balances, and post the transaction in the journal.

  • Converting Purchase Order to Purchase Invoice1:58

    Learn to convert a purchase order to a purchase invoice in QuickBooks Online by adding a bill, selecting the vendor order, and recording the inventory debit with accounts payable credit.

  • Dealing With Loss of Inventory3:37

    Adjust the quantity in QuickBooks to reflect abnormal loss from mishandling and record loss of inventory as an indirect expense with a debit to expenses and credit to inventory.

  • Unwinding of Prepaid Expenses in Quickbooks Online3:02

    Unwind prepaid expenses by turning January's unused prepaid rent into rent expense, debiting 1,000 to rent expense and crediting prepaid rent via a journal entry.

  • Extracting Closing Trial Balance Report2:14

    Learn to extract the trial balance in QuickBooks by using standard reports, selecting all dates, reviewing ledger discrepancies, and exporting the report to pdf.

  • Individual Ledger Report3:34

    Extract individual ledger details and reconcile trial balance discrepancies. Customize columns to show debit and credit, rearrange fields, and export transaction detail by account to Excel.

  • Extracting Closing Profit and Loss Report1:34

    Learn to extract the closing profit and loss report in quickbooks online, using standard reports, marking it as a favorite, and exporting to pdf for easy reconciliation.

  • Extracting Closing Balance Sheet Report2:07

    Extract the closing balance sheet in QuickBooks Online by choosing reports, standard reports, and the balance sheet with all dates, revealing four levels of accounts and export to PDF.

  • Closing Elite Traders Project1:51

    Implement QuickBooks online by building a chart of accounts with balances and matching control accounts: customers, vendors, inventory; produce trial balance, balance sheet, and profit and loss during operations.

  • Working With Dashboards6:48

    Navigate the QuickBooks dashboard for a graphical company snapshot. Customize widgets, view profit and loss, income and expenses, and top customers.

  • Access QuickBooks Online Sample Company4:24

    Explore the QuickBooks Online sample company to test full functionality with unlimited time, enter bills and items, and review standard reports like profit and loss.

  • Report Customization on Quickbooks7:40

    Learn to customize QuickBooks Online reports using the test drive sample company, generate month-by-month profit and loss, rename reports, add notes, save and share custom reports, and export findings.

  • Bank Reconciliation Project17:02

    Master bank reconciliation in QuickBooks Online through a Bright Interiors project, entering transactions, setting up chart of accounts, and matching the bank statement with opening balances.

  • Bank Reconciliation Project Part 26:50

    Perform bank reconciliation in QuickBooks Online by matching transactions to the April 2025 bank statement, ensuring opening and ending balances align, and generating a reconciliation report.

  • Job Costing in QuickBooks Online20:24

    Master QuickBooks Online job costing to track project-by-project costs and profits, allocate materials, services, and subcontractor expenses to living room renovation and kitchen upgrade, and generate profitability reports by project.

  • Managing Sales Tax10:32

    Set up automated sales tax in QuickBooks online by configuring your business address, tax agencies, and filing frequency, then apply taxable items to invoices and review liability reports.

  • How to Cancel QuickBooks Online Subscription6:58

    Learn to cancel a QuickBooks online subscription by going to profile and subscriptions, selecting cancel plan, and confirming to stop future charges while keeping access until the current billing period.

  • Congratulations0:45

Requirements

  • No prior accounting or QuickBooks experience is required — this course starts from the basics.
  • A working internet connection and a browser (Chrome recommended).
  • Access to a QuickBooks Online account (you can use the free trial or sample company file).
  • A willingness to learn and apply accounting principles in a practical way.
  • A free or paid Claude AI account is helpful for the AI automation lessons (optional)

Description

Want to learn how to manage accounting professionally using QuickBooks Online? Whether you’re a small business owner, bookkeeper, or beginner in accounting, this complete training course will take you from the basics to advanced features of QuickBooks Online in a practical, hands-on way.

You’ll start by learning how to create a company file, set up your chart of accounts, and enter customer, vendor, and bank opening balances. The course continues with in-depth training on recording credit purchases, sales invoices, and journal entries — helping you handle everyday transactions confidently.

You’ll also learn how to manage inventory, link control accounts, customize reports, and work with real-world features like customer advances, purchase orders, sales orders, and writing off bad debts. As you progress, you’ll dive into bank reconciliation, job costing, and sales tax management — key skills for anyone managing a growing business.

This course is designed using real projects to make concepts easy to understand, even if you're a beginner. By the end of this training, you'll be fully equipped to use QuickBooks Online efficiently for any business type.

Additionally Claude AI for Accountants. Learn how accountants and bookkeepers use Claude AI to work 10x faster: download and set up Claude, configure the most important settings, do bookkeeping and journal entries, run a complete set of accounts in a single Excel or Google Sheet, prepare and file VAT returns, reconcile accounts, and continue your work from anywhere across chats.

Key Topics Covered:

  • Creating and managing a company in QuickBooks Online

  • Setting up and editing the chart of accounts with opening balances

  • Entering customer and vendor balances with control account linking

  • Recording credit and cash sales/purchases

  • Entering journal entries, prepaid rent, and security deposits

  • Managing inventory and handling inventory errors or loss

  • Working with customer advances and payment settlements

  • Converting sales orders and purchase orders into invoices

  • Writing off bad debts and handling returns

  • Extracting trial balance, ledger reports, profit and loss, and balance sheet

  • Bank reconciliation projects with real-life examples

  • Customizing reports and using dashboard tools

  • Performing job costing and managing sales tax in QuickBooks Online

This course is perfect for:
Business Owners
Accountants & Bookkeepers
Accounting Students
Freelancers & Virtual Assistants
Anyone looking to learn QuickBooks Online from scratch

All lessons are designed to be clear, practical, and project-based, helping you apply what you learn in real business scenarios.

Who this course is for:

  • Small Business Owners who want to manage their finances and bookkeeping using QuickBooks Online
  • Accounting Students looking to gain practical skills in cloud-based accounting software
  • Freelancers and Virtual Assistants offering bookkeeping services to clients
  • Beginner Accountants & Bookkeepers who want to learn QuickBooks Online from scratch
  • Professionals Switching to QuickBooks Online from desktop accounting software or spreadsheets
  • Anyone Interested in Learning Accounting with real-world examples and hands-on practice
  • Accountants and bookkeepers who want to use Claude AI to work faster and automate repetitive accounting tasks