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1 ACCOUNTING & BOOKKEEPING
What is the Difference?
2 ACCOUNTING CYCLE
The Circle of Defined Tasks Explained - The End is the Beginning and The Beginning is the End?
3 ACCOUNTING INFORMATION
What is It? Who Uses Them? What Are They Used For?
4 ADJUSTING ENTRIES When? Why? What They are Broadly & Specifically
5 ASSETS
The Different Kinds and Their Characteristics
6 BANK RECONCILIATION
Why, When, What AND How to Do It - & a Few Words on Fraud and Theft
7 BANK RECONCILIATION - JOURNAL ENTRY
What, When, Why, AND How to Do It
8 BOOKKEEPING
Debits & Credits - Keeping Debits & Credits Straight; & Memory Trigger - How to Remember
9 CASH AND ACCRUAL METHODS OF ACCOUNTING
Why Not Account for the Business On the Basis of Cash Moving In & Out?
10 CLASSIFIED BALANCE SHEET
Here It Is - Completed - Print This Reference For the Explanations Below
11 CLASSIFIED BALANCE SHEET
See # 10 Above Then Review How to Classify Assets & Why
12 CLASSIFIED BALANCE SHEET
Memory Trigger - How to Remember the Order of Assets
13 CLOSING PROCESS
Why & When Closing Occurs, Accounting Entries & Before and After
14 CONSTRAINTS IN ACCOUNTING
Materiality and Conservatism
15 COST OF GOODS SOLD
Completed - What It Looks Like
16 COST OF GOODS SOLD
Structure, Purpose & What It Communicates
17 COST OF GOODS SOLD
Memory Trigger - How to Remember What Goes in Which Column
18 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -
What They are Specifically, What They Look Like and How They Interrelate
19 FINANCIAL STRENGTH - Profitability, Liquidity, Stability & Growth
 PROFITABILITY-   Explanation + Return on Sales, Return on Assets, .............................Return on Equity, Revenue per Employee, Earnings .............................Per Share, Price to Earnings Ratio
 LIQUIDITY - Explanation + Current Ratio,  Quick Ratio, Debt Ratio, .................... Times Interest Earned
 LIQUIDITY -  Management - What Owners / Managers Measure & Why   ...................Accounts Receivable Turnover, Average Collection Period, ...................Inventory ...Turnover
 STABILITY-   Explanation and  Examples
 GROWTH - Explanation and  Examples
20
FOUNDATION EQUATION
Theory and Practice - Cornerstone of this Course
21 GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Each Assumption and Principle Explained
22 INTERNAL CONTROL
Attitude, Objectives, Principles - The Roles of Internal Audit, Security & IT Departments - Collusion, Sabotage, Malicious Code

INTERNAL CONTROL
Article on Corporate Espionage
23 INVENTORY - Perpetual & Periodic - The Differences and Entries
The Differences, Why, the Accounting Entries & What FOB Means
24 LIABILITIES
Only 2 Kinds;  AND Unearned Revenue & Current Portion Explained
25 MULTI STEP INCOME STATEMENT
The Completed Multi Step Income Statement - What it Looks Like
26 MULTI STEP INCOME STATEMENT
What Each Section Communicates - How to Manage by the Numbers
27 PETTY CASH FUND
The Practical Use of Petty Cash & Accounting Entries - Establish the Fund; Increase or Decrease the Fund; Reimbursement of the Fund
28 PURCHASES ACCOUNT & FREIGHT IN AND WHAT FOB MEANS
The Meaning of Purchases, What is Recorded to this Account
29 PURCHASE DISCOUNTS, PURCHASE RETURNS & ALLOWANCES
Explanation of Each, Accounting Entries, and Importance to Managing
30 SALES DISCOUNTS; SALES RETURNS & ALLOWANCES
What They Are; Why They Must Be Managed; and the Accounting Entries
31 SINGLE STEP INCOME STATEMENT
What It is; What it Looks Like; Why it is Used - and Who Uses it
32 SPECIAL JOURNALS
The 5 Journals; What They Do AND HOW To Decide Which One to Use
33 SPECIAL JOURNALS - POSTING EACH JOURNAL
How Specifically to Post Each Journal
34 WORKSHEET - WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT IS COMPLETED
Completed Worksheet - Print This - then Review the Explanation Below
35 WORKSHEET - WHAT IT DOES & WHY
See Above # 34 - Then Review the Step-by-Step Completion Process
   

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