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19 hours

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Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
  • Accountants
  • Finanical Analysts
  • Auditors
What are the course deliverables?
  • Learn How to use journal entries to record transactions and prepare and use t-accounts to summarize transactions recorded during an accounting period
  • Learn How to prepare these financial statements based on transactions recorded during an accounting period
  • Learn How to draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health
  • Able to Use journal entries to record transactions
  • Able to Prepare and use t-accounts to summarize transactions recorded during an accounting period
  • Able to Describe the three most commonly used financial statements and how they fit together
  • Able to Prepare these financial statements based on transactions recorded during an accounting period
More about this course
  • This course will teach you the tools you'll need to understand the fundamentals of financial accounting. Concise videos, the financial records of a small business, and "your turn" activities guide you through the three most commonly used financial statements: the Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, and the Statement of Cash Flows. Beyond recording transactions, you'll learn how to prepare these financial statements, and read and analyze them to draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health.

Financial Accounting Fundamentals
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Curriculum

Introduction to Financial Accounting, the Financial Statements, and the Balance Sheet

Introduction to Recording Transactions

The Income Statement, Revenue and Expense Transactions, and Adjusting Entries

The Statement of Cash Flows, Financial Statement Preparation

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