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Simply Accounting

Course Description

This course is recommended for the beginner who have just purchased Simply Accounting and want to setup their company file, or for those students who want to become more knowledgeable in Simply Accounting and includes all levels listed below.

Courseware Outline - Level 1

This is an introduction to accomplishing accounting tasks using Simply Accounting. Students will begin with a company file and enter transactions for general ledger, accounts receivables, accounts payable, inventory, and managing capital expenses. This course will review some accounting fundamentals as they relate to the transaction at hand

Introduction

  • What is Simply Accounting?
  • Starting Simply Accounting
  • Selecting a Set of Data Files
  • Looking at the Simply Accounting Home Window
  • Understanding the Chart of Accounts
  • Saving Changes
  • Company Information
  • Printing the Chart of Accounts
  • Understanding the Session Date
  • Accounting / Non-Accounting Terminology
  • General Module Linked Accounts
  • General Journal Transactions
  • Recurring Transactions
  • Adjusting and Reversing General Journal Entries
  • The General Journal Report
  • Backing Up Simply
  • Accounting Data Files
  • Exiting Simply Accounting

 

Accounts Payable

  • Creating & Modifying Vendors
  • Setting Up the Shippers List
  • Payables Module Linked Accounts
  • Purchasing Inventory on Account
  • Non-Inventory Purchases
  • Purchases With Immediate Payment
  • Recurring Entries
  • Purchase Orders
  • Filling a Purchase Order
  • Creating a Purchase Invoice from a Purchase Order
  • Viewing, Adjusting & Voiding Posted Payables Invoices
  • Payables Payments
  • Paying Vendor Invoices
  • Making Prepayments
  • Payables Reports

Accounts Receivable

  • Creating & Modifying Customers
  • Receivables Module Linked Accounts
  • Accounts Receivable Sales
  • Recurring Transactions
  • Sales Quotes
  • Accounting for Over-the-Counter Sales
  • Viewing, Adjusting & Voiding Posted Receivables Transactions
  • Receivable Receipts
  • Receiving Payment on Invoices
  • Adjusting/Reversing Receivables Receipts
  • Applying Deposits/Prepayments
  • Sales Returns
  • Receivables Reports

Inventory and Services

  • Creating Inventory Accounts
  • Creating Inventory Items
  • Creating Service Items
  • Changing Inventory & Service Data
  • Inventory Module Linked Accounts
  • Inventory Reports

Level 2 and Level 3

The main objective of this courseware is to introduce some of the more advanced functions and capabilities of Simply Accounting by Sage.  Simply Accounting by Sage new features will also be reviewed.

Courseware Outline - Level 2

Setting Up Data Files & Customizing Settings

  • Creating a New Company
  • Using the Setup Wizard
  • Setting Up the General Ledger
  • Entering Opening Balances
  • Setting Up Linked Accounts
  • Entering Vendors and Purchases History
  • Entering Customers and Sales History
  • Entering Inventory and Services History
  • Entering Employees and Payroll History
  • Finish Entering Historical Data
  • Setting Up Sales Taxes

Payroll Overview and Setup

  • Creating Employee Records
  • Modifying Employee Records
  • Payroll Linked Accounts
  • Paying Employees
  • Recurring Transactions
  • Payroll Advances
  • Viewing, Adjusting & Voiding Posted Payroll Transactions
  • Entering Taxes Manually
  • Payroll Reports

Banking and Credit Cards

  • Setting up the Bank Reconciliation
  • Setting Up an Account for Reconciliation
  • Reconciling an Account for the First Time
  • Reconciling an Account
  • Working with Credit/Debit Card Transactions
  • Entering Customer Sales on Credit Card
  • Reconciling the Credit Card Account
  • Creating & Setting Up Credit Cards for Purchases
  • Enter Vendor Purchases on Credit Card
  • Reconciling the Credit Card Statement
 

 

Reporting, Miscellaneous & Period End Procedures

  • Creating Graphs
  • Creating & Printing Financial Reports
  • Using the Daily Business Manager
  • Processing Transactions in the Daily Business Manager
  • Using Checklists
  • Checking Data Integrity & Compacting the Database
  • Setting up Batch Printing
  • Printing in Batches
  • Month End Procedures
  • Year End Procedures

Working with Foreign Currencies

  • Dealing with Foreign Currency
  • Setting Up Foreign Currency
  • Setting Up A Foreign Currency Bank Account
  • Setting Up A Vendor
  • Setting Up For Sales to Foreign Customers
  • Pricing Inventory & Services
  • Setting Up Foreign Customers
  • Tracking Import Duty Information
  • Making Purchases
  • Making Sales Using A Foreign Currency
  • Foreign Currency Reporting

 

Courseware Outline - Level 3

Security, Budgets, Projects & Inventory

  • Adding Passwords and Security
  • Accessing the System Administrator
  • Adding a User
  • Changing or Deleting a User’s Password
  • Deleting a User
  • Removing Security Options from the Data File
  • Budgeting
  • Activating the Budget Option
  • Creating a Budget
  • Reporting Against the Budget
  • Updating the Budget
  • Handling Project/Department Accounting
  • Setting Up Projects/Departments
  • Allocating Expenses and Revenues
  • Reporting on Project/Department Performance and Budgets
  • Managing Inventory
  • Performing Inventory Counts
  • Writing Off Inventory
  • Looking at Item Assembly
  • Bill of Materials versus Item Assembly

Additional Payroll Features

  • Checking the Tax Tables
  • Introducing Types of Income & Deductions
  • Introducing Types of Deductions
  • Setting Payroll Remittance
  • Employee Benefits
  • Setting Up Batch Printing of Paycheques
  • Allocating Payroll Cheques to a Project/Department
  • Generating a Payroll Run
  • Remitting Payroll Deductions/Contributions
  • Releasing Vacation Pay
  • Employee Departures
  • Making an Employee Inactive
  • Generating a Record of Employment
  • Generating T4 Slips
  • Setting Up Printer Options in Preparation for T4 Slips
  • Printing T4 slips
  • Personal Tax Credits
  • Using SimplyCARE Payroll
  • Handing Direct Deposit

Miscellaneous Items

  • Reporting Tax Information on a General Journal Transaction
  • Charging Interest on Overdue Accounts
  • Preparing Customer Statements
  • Setting up the Statements
  • Printing or E-mailing a Customer Statement
  • NSF Cheques
  • Handling Bad Debts
  • Writing Off a Bad Debt
  • Clearing Transactions
  • Making Records Inactive
  • Handling GST & GST Remittances
  • Calculating the Amount of GST Owing/Refundable
  • Handling & Remitting Provincial Sales Tax
  • Remitting PST
  • Handling & Remitting WCB Premiums
  • Remitting WCB Premiums

Customizing Simply Accounting Journals

  • Viewing Account Numbers
  • Printing Labels
  • Using E-mail in Simply Accounting
  • Accessing the Simply Accounting Website
  • Performing Management Reporting
  • Exporting Reports
  • Using the New Business Guide
  • Time Slips
  • Creating Job Categories
  • Creating a Time Slip
  • Time and Billing Report

 

 

 

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