BOOKKEEPING & QUICKBOOKS
Training School & Certification Course

Interested in becoming a certified Bookkeeping & Quickbooks professional? Contact your local TSCER branch by email or phone today!

DALLAS CAMPUS:   972-687-7746/info@tscer.org
SAN ANTONIO CAMPUS:   210-871-0678/info@tscer.org
HOUSTON CAMPUS:   832-240-1786/info@tscer.org

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Industry Overview

The Accounting Service industry consists of professionals who produce financial records for organizations and check financial records for accuracy. There are various positions including bookkeeping clerks, accounting clerks, and auditing clerks, all focused towards helping businesses manage and plan financials.

Over the next decade, the U.S. Bureau of Labor predicts approximately 170,200 job openings for these positions, per year with an average salary of $42,420 (2022). Of these jobs, most require applicants to have industry specific training from vocational schools, like TSCER

Gain the Skills & Knowledge

Obtain the skills & knowledge required to be successful in the accounting industry through TSCER’s Bookkeeping & Quickbooks course. All content is designed to prepare students to acquire accredited certification, required by most employers.

Various subjects covered during this 8 week course include:

Introduction to Quickbooks
Analyzing Financial Data
Working with QuickBooks Inventory
Working with Banking Accounts

For a comprehensive list of all content covered, please see the sample course syllabus below.

Real World Training

TSCER’s Bookkeeping & Quickbooks course provides hands-on training that is applicable to today’s real world, ensuring students are prepared to be successful in a bookkeeping or accounting career.

Training Courses Designed with our Students in Mind!

TSCER provides students with the availability of completing the course work via online in little as 8 weeks. Upon conclusion, students are presented with the opportunity to obtain accredited certification by passing the certification exam.

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TSCER’s BOOKKEEPING & QUICKBOOKS
Sample Course Syllabus

Week 1

QB101 : Introduction to QuickBooks and Bookkeeping Fundamentals

Learn how QuickBooks works and how to move around efficiently
Gain an overview of simple accounting terminology and understand the importance of the Chart of Accounts
Learn window tricks and shortcuts
Learn how to make custom choices specific to your company. Understand the Preference menu
Getting Help quickly

Week 2

QB102 : Working with Lists

Add vendor & customer information into QuickBooks’ lists
Learn about custom fields for customers, vendors, and items
Tips for managing lists in QuickBooks: sorting, merging, editing, hiding, and overall cleaning up
Learn how to add to and edit the Chart of Accounts
Learn about subaccounts and how to set them up
Working w/Bank Accts
Learn how to work with bank account registers
Learn about entering transactions directly into registers
Learn how to reconcile bank accounts and credit cards easily and quickly
Learn how to locate and correct discrepancies
Learn how to track credit card purchases and reconcile them quickly

Week 3

QB103 : Entering & Paying Bills

Discuss different ways to handle bills in QuickBooks
How to enter bills into Accounts Payable
How to pay bills quickly and efficiently
Learn how to easily take discounts for early payments
How to apply credit memos
Entering Sales
Learn about different types of sales forms in QuickBooks
How to create invoices
Learn the purpose of and the proper use of the item list
Learn about data entered into the sales forms
How to add items to the item list
How to create reminder statements

Week 4

QB104 : Receiving Money and Making Deposits

How to record Customer Payments
How to handle partial payments and overpayments
Apply credit memos and discounts easily
How to properly record daily deposits
Understand the purpose of Deposited Funds
Learn about common deposit mistakes and how to correct them
Customizing Reports
Learn about Income Statements and Balance Sheets
How to add or delete columns and reposition them on reports
Learn about filtering reports
Practice creating reports and customizing the information and the look
How to save customized reports after designing to company specifications; and memorize into
groups

Week 5

QB105 : Analyzing Financial Data

Analyzing Financial Data – More with Reports
Discuss the various tools for analyzing financial data
Learn how to get Income Statements from customers and jobs and/or different classes and departments
More in depth look at reports, customizing, exporting to excel, defining and creating your own report
Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Tricky Transactions
How to memorize transactions
How to handle prepayments, bounced checks, and other tricky transactions
How create special price levels for customers
Password Protection
Closing the period
Analyzing the Audit Trail
Protecting your data

Week 6

QB106 : Working with QuickBooks Inventory

Gain an overview of what inventory will and won’t do in QuickBooks
Practice using purchase orders and receiving inventory product into your system.
Make inventory adjustments easily and correctly
Track & Pay Sales Tax
Gain an understanding of sales tax tracking and how to properly and easily report and pay liabilities
How to properly apply sales tax to a customer and an invoice
Understand the Sales Tax items and groups on the item list

Week 7

QB107 : Payroll

Set up employees and payroll items
Learn about payroll schedules
How to pay employees and remit tax liabilities
How to file tax forms
Estimates & Progress Billing
How to create estimates
Learn how to save time by copying estimates and creating templates to use for future jobs and bids
How to create invoices directly from the estimate: in full, or partially; progress billing
How to display project reports
How to update job and project status

Week 8

QB108 : Tracking Time / Job Costing

Learn how to track time spent on a project, job, or client
How to invoice a customer for time, expense, or mileage
How to create reports for time and expense tracking
Analyze profitability per job, project, or client/customer
How to track time and pay non-employees or subcontractors for time worked.

Student Testimonials

“When I started my own business, I did all my bookkeeping the old-fashioned way– on paper and in person. But as my business grew, I realized I needed to be a little more professional and up-to-date with my finances. I found a bookkeeping and Quickbooks course through a trade school in San Antonio. The class taught us how to balance our budgets, manage our finances, and use Quickbooks. I’m much more prepared to keep up with and encourage the growth of my business.” —Mary T. Aziz

“I had a couple near misses with bankruptcy before I finally decided that I needed to learn how to manage the accounts for my business. A continuing education class at a Houston trade school taught me how to balance my books and use Quickbooks. It’s made a huge difference in my business and in my life! I use these skills for my home finances as well, and can say for certain that it’s saved me money professionally and personally.”–James M. Harrison

“Before attending the trade school in San Antonio, I had to pay an accountinh to take care of the day-to-day finances for my small business. It was an expense I couldn’t really afford, but after investing in continuing education classes, I realized it wasn’t really necessary. Now I can handle my own accounts with Quickbooks– it saves me money and I can keep a close eye on my own bookkeeping.”–Efrain J. Eagle

“At first I was hesitant to consider continuing education courses– between a job and family, I didn’t think I had the time to take a class as well. However, learning more about bookkeeping and QuickBooks accounting has been invaluable for my company– I’m able to keep track of my finances much more accurately and efficiently. It was one of the best business decisions I’ve made.”–Stanley J. Marrero

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