The aim of the course is to give the participants with the skills to use computerized accounting packages and specifically SAGE Business Cloud accounts software in computerising the books and records of their business.

DURATION: 4 online sessions * 2 hours per session

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of this course participants will be able to use SAGE Business Cloud Accounting package to keep proper books of account, submit VAT3 and monitor business performance

COURSE CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

• Record keeping
• Overview and practice simple manual bookkeeping (to be transferred to computer)
• Revenue requirements
• Using records to manage and develop business

INTRODUCING COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTS

• Introduction to computerised accounts systems
• Advantages of computerised accounts systems
• Data accuracy, security, confidentiality

SET-UP AND INPUT OF TRANSACTION DATA (COMPUTERISED BOOKKEEPING)

• Set up accounts and data on computerised accounts package – customers,suppliers,nominal,stock,opening balances
• Enter appropriate information to accounts
• sales, purchases,
• cash receipts
• cheque payments
• petty cash
• debtors ledger
• creditors ledger
• nominal ledger
• Issue,print and post sales invoices and credit notes
• Restore petty cash to imprest
• Controls,verfications and correction of errors
• Bank Reconciliations
• Stock Records
• Marketing Records
• Back-up data
• Exit from software correctly

COMPUTER REPORTS AND ANALYSIS

• Extract trial balance
• Extracting useful reports from system – sales day book, aged debtors, purchase day book, aged creditors, cashbook, petty cash book, nominal ledger accounts
• Preparing VAT return from system
• Interpret information from above reports

https://www.sage.com/en-ie/sage-business-cloud/accounting/

This course is for Westmeath Businesses. Businesses who book on who are not based in Westmeath may be removed if the place is required by a Westmeath-based business

Please note:  In the event you book a place and subsequently do not cancel your booking at least ten working days prior to the commencement of the course and do not take up the place no refund or fee transfer will be offered.