QuickBooks for Farmers – Webinar
Are you a beginning farmer? Or are you a current farmer with the desire to switch to an online accounting system? Then our quick guide to Quickbooks is for you:
September 24 – October 29, 2018
Webinars on Monday Evenings
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EST
This course is an introduction to QuickBooks, designed to provide an overview of the QuickBooks Pro software application. It will cover the basic features, such as sales tax, inventory, invoicing, adjustments, and year-end procedures. Each student will gain hands-on experience reproducing the exercises presented by the instructor.
Questions and brief discussions about using QuickBooks in real-world, business environments will be entertained and answered in a discussion area, drawn from the instructor’s own experience as well as from input from other students.
After competing the 6-week course, with hands-on-practice, students will be able to:
• Demonstrate the ability to set up and configure QuickBooks to suit their initial needs
• Show proficiency in setting up chart of accounts, item lists, customer lists and vendor lists
• Comprehend the process for tracking income, whether using invoices or not
• Comprehend the process for tracking expenses
• Understand what reports can be useful to them to monitor their business finances
• Understand year-end closing and other year-end procedures
• Backup and restore data files
This can be a self-paced course if you choose. One-on-one assistance (via webinar) will be available in addition to the weekly group webinar on Monday evenings during the course.
Instructors:
Bonnie Collins
Resource Educator, Farm Business Management
Cornell Cooperative Extension – Oneida County
Stephen Hadcock
Beginning Farmer and Market Development Educator, Team Coordinator
Capital Area Agricultural and Horticultural Program