Bookkeeping Basics

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Do you have a system to track your business expenses, or are you bringing your accountant a shoe box filled with receipts? Need some help organizing your records so you can easily manage your cash flow and gain the best possible business tax deductions?

Join accounting expert and business author Brigitte A. Thompson to learn how to create a bookkeeping system with the necessary financial information to build and strengthen your business.

Learn how to:
• Establish a business bank account and use the recording method that works best for you
• Set up a bookkeeping system with daily, weekly, monthly, and annual tasks
• Track and organize business income and expenses
• Create Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable journals
• Use your new recordkeeping system to manage the financial aspects of your business
• Use Excel or other spreadsheet programs along with QuickBooks to assist your recordkeeping efforts

Sample forms will be provided.

Brigitte A. Thompson is the founder and President of Datamaster Accounting Services, LLC. She has been active in the field of accounting since 1986 and is a member of the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers and the Vermont Tax Practitioners Association.

A prolific writer, Brigitte is the author of several business books including Bookkeeping Basics for Freelance Writers. She is also a contributing author and freelance writer specializing in accounting topics. She lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont with her husband and three children.

In advance of the presentation, please make sure you have the required technology:
• Adobe Flash Player 9 or higher and the Acrobat Connect Add-In, which you can download from http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/. You can ensure that you have these by going to http://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm 
• Internet Explorer 6.0+, Firefox 2.0+ or Safari 2.0+
• An internet connection
• Phone

*You will need both your computer and phone. Without the phone connection, you will be unable to hear the speaker.

We will email you the presentation and instructions on how to sign in before the online seminar. Please check the email account you use for PayPal.

Date:

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Time:

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Location:

Your computer and phone. Please note the event time is EST.