136 pages [55 self-teaching + 81 self-quizzes with detailed answers]
Section 1: Why we use accruals, deferrals and other adjustments. The difference between cash basis and accrual basis accounting.
Section 2: Accrued revenue. How to record accrued revenue. Examples of different kinds of accrued revenue. Computing and accruing interest receivable. How failure to accrue revenue affects the financial statements.
Section 3: Accrued expenses. How to record accrued expenses. Examples of different kinds of accrued expenses. Computing and recording interest payable. How failure to accrue expenses affects the financial statements.
Section 4: Revenue collected in advance (unearned revenue). How to record unearned revenue. How to accrue revenue earned when the revenue collected was originally recorded in a revenue account v. an unearned revenue account.
Section 5: Prepaid (deferred) expenses. Recording prepayments and adjustments. How to accrue expenses when prepayments were recorded in an expense account v. a prepaid (asset) account.
Section 6: Other adjusting entries. How to compute and record the adjusting entry for bad debt expense for tax purposes v. book purposes. Adjusting entries for depreciation and various cash accounts.
Section 7: From unadjusted to adjusted trial balance. The chart of accounts. Preparing the unadjusted trial balance, entering the adjustments and preparing the adjusted trial balance. A summary of how the adjusted trial balance is used to prepare the income statement, balance sheet and statement of retained earnings. Basics of the post-closing trial balance.
Publisher: AIPB
Jesse –
I am not yet certified, though I have been a bookkeeper for almost 3 years and all my education has been on-the-job. I purchased this course in hopes of learning how the fundamentals of bookkeeping work, because so many things go on behind the scenes when you use Quickbooks. There isn’t a lot of explanation of basic concepts (what do we mean by “ledger”?, why does a bank debit show as a credit in a journal entry”?, etc.), but I found answers to most of my basic questions elsewhere, and I found the repetitive nature of the workbooks kind of helpful. I think the bottom line is that just committing to the program forced me to scavenge information wherever I could get it, and I have become a much better bookkeeper since starting the AIPB program.
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Gladys –
I love the way this book is written and the study guides are easy to use.
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Phuong –
Good course but I wish more practice exercise
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Wanda –
Thorough training, full of information
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Myra –
I loved the Mastering Adjusting Entries class. I really learned a lot. When I took accounting in college, the professor when through the material so fast that it was hard to comprehend. With this class I learned the correct way to do adjusting entries. Thank you so much for this book and class.
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Bridgette –
Easy to follow, informative, good examples given
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Rosana –
I found the book to be user friendly and easy to learn and follow.
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Diana –
5th pod needed to read it more than once
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Delia –
Very informative and clear on the material.
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Bruce –
Am glad am part of this class, it has enlightened my knowledge more about what bookkeeping meant. MAterials are helpfull and our instructor, Sterlings Porter CPA was ready to let us understand it more
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Lila –
Covers accrual and adjusting entries. A few of the practice problems were unclearly worded in my opinion.
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David –
The information was very helpful and I really benefited from the information and the exercises.
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Holly –
Questions were pretty much as expected
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Guadalupe –
I really love all the quizzes and explanations for each section. All the content is very practical. The instructions are very clear to understand. Definitely, I’ll recommended it to my friends.
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Angie –
I found this book both practical and user friendly. I will be keeping it and referring to it when needed.
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Orlando –
More than 5 stars
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Xianghua –
It really helps.
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Paula –
Very helpful and straightforward. pii
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Elsbeth –
I love this book! It is an easy self guided class. With all the quizes you know where you’re at.
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Zulema –
Great resource.
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Qais –
Good
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Claude –
clear and easy to follow
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Beth –
I’m reading and studying this book now. It is clear and understandable. I’m extremely happy with my purchase and excited about this help for preparation for becoming a certified bookkeeper.
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Jose –
Great material!!!
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Robin –
Very thorough, easy to follow and excellent preparation
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Dianna –
Very easy to comprehend and the repetition in the exercises was very helpful.
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Xin –
Clearly explained with helpful examples.
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Caren –
I wish we have more practices/questions for better grasp or understandings of each subject.
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Andrew –
I already took an Accounting 101 course, so this was more of a review for me. Regardless, I found the course to be a good review and everything was explained clearly to me.
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Kathleen –
This was interesting my experience with aje has been limited to working for one company. For instance, we never post transactions for prepaids to expense accounts. Always use prepaids and then amortize monthly.
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