Be your own accountant with this QuickBooks master class
Let’s face it: Accounting just isn’t sexy. We can’t blame you if you’re not familiar with QuickBooks, one of the most widely-used pieces of software for small business finance.
But longtime users get excited for every update, because they know what QuickBooks does best is streamline those books, automate the process and let business owners spend much less time doing accounting and more time doing literally anything else.
That’s why it’s definitely worth it for small business owners to invest in a little education. The 2020 QuickBooks® Pro Mastery Bundle not only gets you up to date on the latest versions of the software, it shows you tricks and time-savers that even longtime users may not know.
Stream Skill has been putting out guides for each new version of QuickBooks as they come out, and this bundle combines their courses on the editions for 2018, 2019 and 2020.
The information and exercises only pertain to the desktop version (sorry, online users). The software comes separately but is essential for anyone who signs a paycheck or manages the books for any small or medium-sized company.
So what does the bundle teach you? You’ll get a walkthrough on how to navigate the interface for QuickBooks, which is one of the user-friendliest out there. Then you can start to set up the program for the way your company works, tweaking the preferences to put the features you need front and center.
Speaking of features, the tutorials cover all the updates in the 2020 version. You’ll learn how to set up automatic reminders that will alert you about payroll and your customers about their payments.
You can learn at a glance what the status is of any employee’s payment — even the ones with direct deposit. At a glance, you’ll be able to see what’s going on with your inventory, vendors and more.
By the end of the course pack, you’ll be able to manage company finances with a birds-eye view of things, generating reports that deliver information on all accounts and forecasts for future performance.
In all, it’s over 20 hours of instruction and resources you can access on a lifetime basis. The full bundle is now 93% off the retail price.
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