In this second course, you will dive deeper into the world of bookkeeping and focus on accounting for assets. If you are familiar with bookkeeping basics, such as double entry accounting, you are ready for this course. You will gain an understanding of common asset types, learn how to account for inventory, calculate cost of goods sold, and work with Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E). Upon completing this course, you will use your new knowledge of assets to record transactions and produce financial statements for increasingly complex business situations.

Tracking assets and sales

Tracking assets and sales
This course is part of Intuit Academy Bookkeeping Professional Certificate

Instructor: Intuit Academy Team
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What you'll learn
Summarize the common types of assets a business may have.
Describe the importance of control over inventory.
Outline how depreciation expense is reported on an income statement.
Illustrate how transactions can be recorded in terms of the resulting change in the elements of the accounting equation.
Skills you'll gain
- Financial Reporting
- Gross Profit
- Depreciation
- Payment Processing and Collection
- Inventory Accounting
- Bookkeeping
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Statements
- Asset Management
- Accounts Receivable
- General Ledger
- Ledgers (Accounting)
- Accounting
- Inventory Control
- Accounting Records
- Cash Receipts
- Property Accounting
- Fixed Asset
- Business Reporting
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Reviewed on Oct 20, 2021
Overall great course. Still unclear about some things and there is no way to clarify. That would make it better. But besides that this course is well done.
Reviewed on Dec 3, 2022
It was very informational but difficult at times to understand some of the concepts in the videos because she talks too fast. But I learned alot throughout this course.
Reviewed on Apr 11, 2022
Thank you very much for helping us to improve skills free of charge. And I am very happy about opportunities you re giving us to increase our knowledge.

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