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Bookkeeping Course for Small Business Owners

Plan bookkeeping training focused on bookkeeping foundations and everyday business records. Discuss your goals and workshop scope with Power Concepts.

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Give owners a practical bookkeeping foundation

A business owner can benefit from understanding the records and reports even when someone else maintains the accounts. Select training for the task you need to understand or review, without assuming a short course replaces professional advice.

An illustrative practice exercise

Illustrative exercise: a fictional business follows a sale, purchase and payment through a simple ledger and report, preserving the source documents.

  1. Explain what changed.
  2. record the approved example entries.
  3. reconcile a small account and identify an exception..

Check the result

Check that reports are read for the correct period and basis. Tax and accounting decisions for the actual business remain with the responsible adviser.

Confirm the right training scope

Compare Bookkeeping Fundamentals for concepts, then the relevant QuickBooks or Sage course for software work. Ask about the suitable sequence and practice requirements.

Related options: Bookkeeping Fundamentals Course in Canada; Corporate training; Excel skills assessment.

Compare the published course pathways

These public outlines are starting points for the skills discussed above. A role-specific example or requested workshop topic is not automatically included in every public session. Check the outline and confirm any must-have requirement before booking.

Sage Accounting Part 1

Learn day-to-day accounting tasks using Sage 50. The booking product is named Sage Accounting Part 1; its published syllabus specifies Sage 50 and covers company setup, customers, vendors, transactions and financial reports.

Listed duration: 12 hours

  • Navigate the Sage 50 interface
  • Set up a company profile
  • Manage customers and vendors
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Sage Accounting Part 2

Build on a working knowledge of Sage 50 with more advanced accounting workflows. Part 2 focuses on payroll, inventory, year-end reporting, budgeting and project tracking.

Listed duration: 12 hours

  • Payroll processing
  • Inventory control
  • Year-end reporting
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Bookkeeping Fundamentals

Learn the principles behind bookkeeping before relying on software to record the result. This course uses manual methods to explain double-entry accounting, ledgers, trial balances, reconciliation and financial reporting.

Listed duration: 8 hours

  • Double-entry accounting
  • Ledger management
  • Trial balances
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Discuss your training needs

Send the work task, learner count and software version. Power Concepts can confirm whether a public course or a scoped workshop is suitable, along with availability and a written quote.

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Sources and booking details

Practice scenarios on this page are illustrative. Fees, dates, delivery arrangements, feature availability and custom scope must be confirmed for your booking.