INTRODUCTION

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

INTRODUCING TECHNOLOGY TO BOOKKEEPING

• Review computer basics
• 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, verifications 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

We will use SAGE Business Cloud Accounting during the course. Trainees can download a three month free trial of SAGE Business Cloud Accounting for use during the course. Tutor will go through this at module 1