Certified Bookkeeper

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Course Description

The certified bookkeeper certification course from The eLearning Center is designed for professional bookkeepers and leads to national certification with the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (AIPB). The AIPB certification is a high professional standard and the only national standard for bookkeepers. Becoming a Certified Bookkeeper (CB) can increase earning potential, enhance professional status, and offer a decisive edge in any job market. This certified bookkeeper certification course was created by the AIPB to prepare experienced bookkeepers for the certification exam at any Prometric Test Center. Certified Bookkeepers (CB's) are to bookkeeping what CPA's are to accounting: the elite of the profession.

Our online bookkeeper certification course is formatted in a way that allows students to move at their own pace from any web-enabled computer. The program consists of six separate subject areas:

      · Adjusting entries
      · Correction of accounting errors (including the bank reconciliation)
      · Book and tax depreciation
      · Basic payroll
      · Merchandise inventory
      · Internal controls and fraud prevention AIPB provides students with a set of five workbooks that prepares them for each of the certified bookkeeper exams. 80 hours. You will need Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel for this course.
Course Objectives

Upon completion of the certified bookkeeper course, the student will be able to do the following:

      · Describe the benefits, eligibility requirements, code of ethics, and maintenance requirements for the Certified Bookkeeper.
      · Apply the concepts of accrual accounting to transactions that span fiscal periods.
      · Trace the effect of accrual and deferral transactions to financial statements.
      · Apply accounting concepts and the basic tools of financial analysis in identifying and correcting errors.
      · Apply accounting principles in reconciling bank accounts.
      · Apply accounting concepts in preparing payroll transactions, from paying wages to depositing and reporting taxes.
      · Apply accounting concepts to depreciation transactions including various methods of calculating depreciation for book and tax purposes.
      · Apply accounting concepts to valuing inventory, recording costs, making entries, and reporting inventory on financial statements.
      · Help your company or client use basic internal controls to prevent theft, embezzlement or check and credit card fraud by employees, customers or vendors.
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Course Outline


      · Certified Bookkeeper Program

        · Eligibility Requirements
        · Testing Program
        · Code of Ethics
        · Maintenance of Certification

      · Accruals, Deferrals, and the Adjusted Trail Balance

        · Why Accruals, Deferrals, and Other Adjustments are Made
        · Accruing Revenues and Expenses
        · Recognizing Revenues Collected in Advance
        · Recognizing Expenses After a Prepayment
        · Other Adjusted Entries
        · Unadjusting Trial Balance Through the Adjusted Trial Balance

      · Correction of Accounting Errors and the Bank Reconciliation

        · When and Where Accounting Errors Occur and How They are Discovered
        · Performing the Bank Reconciliation
        · Finding and Correcting Errors on the Unadjusted Trial Balance
        · Correcting Current-Period Accrual and Deferral Errors

      · Payroll

        · How to Pay Different Types of Employees
        · Federal and State Wage-Hour Law
        · Paying Employees Under Federal Law
        · Employment Records and Payroll Recordkeeping
        · Form W-4 and Comparable State Forms
        · Withholding and Depositing Federal Taxes
        · Federal Employment Reporting Forms and Due Dates
        · When Wages Become Taxable
        · Other Reporting Rules
        · Payroll Register and Journal Entries

      · Depreciation

        · The Difference Between Book and Tax Depreciation
        · Depreciation under GAAP
        · Computing and Allocation Depreciation
        · Depreciation Under Federal Tax Depreciation Rules
        · Tax Depreciation of Vehicles

      · Inventory

        · General Concepts of Accounting for Inventory
        · The Perpetual Method
        · The Periodic Method
        · Weighted-Average and Moving-Average Methods
        · First-In, First-Out (FIFO) Method
        · Last-In, Last-Out (LIFO) Method
        · Lower of Cost or Market LCM Rule

      · Internal Controls and Fraud Depreciation

        · How to prevent, or spot, theft of inventory and other non-cash assets by employees
        · Preventing employee theft, embezzlement or fraud by hiring the right personnel
        · Insuring the company against theft.
        · How to prevent, or spot, customer check fraud
        · Signs that may indicate pay-roll fraud
        · How to prevent, or spot, customer credit-card fraud.
        · Recommended rules for company credit cards
        · Preventing vendors from cheating the company
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More Information

Language English
Course Length 80.00 hours
Duration of Access 6 months
Instructor Wade Lindenberger, CPA
Vendor Gatlin Education
Prerequisites/Audience The Certified Bookkeeper Program is designed for experienced bookkeepers who want to prepare for national certification. In order to sit for the AIPB Certification exam, persons must be able to submit proof of at least two years full-time or 3,000 hours part-time experience. Click here for a list of Frequently Answered Questions about requirements for the AIPB Certification exam.
Requirements/Materials Included This course is compatible with Windows Vista Operating System.

This course can be taken on either a PC or a Mac; however, Microsoft Word and Excel are required.

The AIPB provides the six workbooks that are required for this program.
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