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Year-End Cleanup for Tax Time Course


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Alicia Katz Pollock
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10 steps for year-end bookkeeping to get ready for taxes: clean up QuickBooks, reconciliation, inventory, depreciation, analyze reports, and close the books.

Year-End Clean Up in QBO Taxes Course Description

Tax time approaches! We’ll show you the 10 steps you need to do to get your books ready for your accountant to do your taxes. Not only will you close your books, but we’ll show you how to analyze your business to help it grow next year. Who are your best customers? What are your best sellers? Who owes you money, and who do you owe? We’ll customize your reports and memorize your favorites for future use.

You’ll Learn About:

  •   Steps to take at year end to make sure your books are right
  •   Categorizing Expenses
  •   Reconciling bank accounts
  •   Closing out Opening Balance Equity and Owner’s Equity
  •   Depreciation
  •   Running your P&L and Balance Sheet
  •   Taking Inventory
  •   Closing the books
  •   Making backups

 After completing this course, you will be able to: 

  • Locate and fix incorrectly categorized transactions
  • Confirm that bank balances are accurate
  • Close out owner equity
  • Adjust inventory totals for the year
  • Run reports for business analysis and taxes
  • Perform year-end closing actions on your file

 

What people are saying about this 'Next-Level Accurate Accounting' course:

 

Instructional Level

Intermediate

Course Length

2 hours

Course Credits

2 CPE, Certificate of Completion

Field of Study

Computer Software & Applications

Delivery Method

QAS/Self Study/Group Internet

Who should take this class?

  • Business owners and employees who maintain their company’s financial records
  • Bookkeepers and Accountants who wish to brush up on their skills.

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You'll have lifetime access to the on-demand course including all handouts and class material. You'll also be able to ask questions in the Q&A forum and get answers, even years later. You can pause, rewind, speed up, and watch again and again as you apply what you learn to each situation as it crops up.

 

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Course Credits: 2 CPE, Certificate of Completion. Must be awarded within one year of enrollment.

Course Updated: January 2023

Course Page Updated: January 2023

Here is the course outline:

1. Download the Handout

Download the handout that goes with the course.

Download the handouts here
Glossary of Terms

2. Year-End Cleanup for Tax Time (2023)

Tax time approaches and it's time to Spring Clean your QuickBooks so that you can have confidence in your data before you give it to your CPA! Here are the tools created for bookkeepers to make the job easier.

Biz View vs Accountant View
1 - Intro, Agenda, and Overview
2 - Why Do a Year-end Cleanup?
3 - QBOA's Bookkeeping Tools
4- Confirm A/R and A/P
5- Confirm Undeposited Funds
6- Reconcile Properly
7- Categorize Transactions Properly
8- Compare to Past Years
9- Adjust Inventory
10- Depreciation and Amortization
11- Resetting Equity
12- Closing the Books
13- Analyze Your Reports
14- Backing Up QBO

3. Year-End Cleanup for Tax Time

Tax time approaches and it's time to Spring Clean your QuickBooks so that you can have confidence in your data before you give it to your CPA! Here are the tools created for bookkeepers to make the job easier.

Intro and Agenda
Biz View vs Accountant View
Why Do a Cleanup
QBOA's Bookkeeping Tools
Reclassify Transactions

4. 10 Step Cleanup

Let's look at the 10 steps you need to do to get your books ready for your accountant to do your taxes. Not only will you close your books, but we’ll show you how to analyze your business to help it grow next year.

Confirm AR / AP
Confirm Undeposited Funds
Adjust Inventory
Reconcile Properly
Categorize Transactions Properly
Depreciation and Amortization
Resetting Equity
Closing the Books
Making a Backup
Analyze Your Reports
Conclusion - What's Next?
Review Questions: Year-End Cleanup for Tax Time

5. Take the Quiz

Take this quiz to demonstrate your mastery of the material. Pass the quiz with an 80% or higher to complete the Course, earn your Certificate, and win points!

Quiz: Year-End Cleanup for Tax Time
Evaluation & Participation Survey
Participation Quiz

Completion

The following certificates are awarded when the course is completed:

Royalwise CPE Certificate
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