This unique, comprehensive online bookkeeping certification course is designed for professional bookkeepers. It reinforces key bookkeeping concepts, definitions, and calculations you have likely encountered in your bookkeeping education and career and prepares you for the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (AIPB) national certification exam. Throughout this bookkeeper training, you will have access to resources such as videos, interactive activities, and hands-on exercises that will solidify your grasp of critical information necessary to your success as a bookkeeper. We will also use these and other tools to prepare you for the exam, including practice quizzes, exams, and strategies for conducting your preparation leading up to and encompassing the exam day.
We have assembled this online bookkeeping course to help you successfully complete the AIPB exam because the AIPB certification is a high professional standard. Becoming a Certified Bookkeeper™ (CB) can increase your earning potential, enhance your professional status, and give you a decisive edge in the job market. Parts 1 and 2 of the exam are offered at any of over 300 Prometric test centers nationwide. Parts 3 and 4 of the exam are open-book tests that come with your workbooks. CBs are to bookkeeping what Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are to accounting: the cream of the profession.
The Certified Bookkeeper course includes prepaid vouchers with enrollment that provides access to sit for the AIPB certification exams—making it a leader among other certified bookkeeper courses. Detailed instructions regarding the certification application, exams, and the use of the vouchers at any Prometric Test Center are available within the course.
Please note: The Certified Bookkeeper course is designed for experienced bookkeepers who want to prepare for national certification. To succeed in this course, you must have at least two years of experience as a bookkeeper before enrolling. The books, materials, and exam fees are non-refundable upon registration.
Instructor(s):Wade Lindenberger
Wade Lindenberger is a CPA with over 20 years of financial accounting and management experience in public accounting and private industry. He is currently Director of Finance and Administration for New Children's Museum. Before his current position, he worked as the National Finance and Accounting Service Line Leader for Premier Alliance Group, a national professional services firm. Wade was also Director of the Finance and Accounting service line for the San Diego office of a global, publicly held professional services firm. Before becoming a consultant, Wade was Divisional Controller for one of the leading health and fitness club chains in the world. He has also been Internal Audit Manager and Divisional Controller for a division of a Fortune 500 global energy project management company. He began his career with Coopers & Lybrand, predecessor to PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the "Big Four" CPA firms. He has previously served as an instructor for courses at Coopers & Lybrand and at the University of California at San Diego for the Extension Course and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Business. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Bookkeepers' Advisory Board.
Helene K. Liatsos
Helene K. Liatsos is a consultant for small businesses, travel agencies, and home-based business startups with more than 25 years of experience. Along with a successful career in the travel industry, working with airlines, hotels, and travel agencies, Helene established her own business management company, Home Office Management Experts, and was awarded the 2004 Home-Based Business of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. As a QuickBooks Certified Advisor, she provides bookkeeping, payroll and QuickBooks training services. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Microsoft Excel (not included in enrollment).
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment. The AIPB provides the six workbooks that are required for this course:
- Mastering Adjusting Entries
- Mastering Correction of Accounting Errors
- Mastering Payroll
- Mastering Depreciation
- Mastering Inventory
- Mastering Internal Controls and Fraud Prevention
In addition to the six workbooks listed above, you will also receive:
- Two exam vouchers that cover the full cost of part one and part two of the Certified Bookkeeper exam
Books/Materials/Exam Fees are non-refundable upon registration.
Note: Due to the high cost of these items, books will not be shipped until 10-days after the student''s start date. Students may request an earlier shipment by contacting their Student Advisor but will be required to acknowledge the fees involved are non-refundable.
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Lesson 1
- Becoming a Certified Bookkeeper
- Eligibility Requirements
- Testing Program
- Code of Ethics
- Maintenance of Certification
- Accruals, Deferrals, and the Adjusted Trial 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, First-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 Payroll 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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