Bookkeeping

[Andrew[MG]]

I'm looking to learn some bookkeeping skills and was wondering what you chaps thought was the best way? I'd rather avoid going to do some course at a local college/library but I'm open to hearing all the ways that people have used to learn.

[ShadownINja]

Course at local college. Was piss easy to pick up, really. (I do have a Maths degree, mind. )

[mrmr96]

I too have a Maths degree and learned accounting via a specialist financial training company called Kaplan. http://www.kaplanfinancial.co.uk/

You might find that their courses are more than you need, as I know they do a lot of accountancy training, but I'm not sure what they have to offer in terms of bookkeeping.


PS - How come my bank statements say 'DR' when it's over drawn when the overdrawn account shows as a CR in my books? (Joke)

[Eric Mc]

I know lots of people who still haven't work that "conundrum" out yet.

[speedchick]

I did a GSCE in Accounting, lots of years ago, it covered double entry book-keeping, bank reconciliation and all stuff like that, passed and promptly went into stock control instead. Have managed over the past couple of years to drag some of it back to the front of my mind, as luck would have it I don't have complicated accounts to keep, so that helps. (money coming in - negligible, money going out - more than coming in)

I can remember that for the job I was doing at the time it was pretty useful, as the company I worked for still did paper accounts, not sure if colleges still offer that course.

[Andrew[MG]]

I did accounts at school and in first year at uni (economics and finance degree) but I pretty much just learned it to pass the exams and really have very little recollection now. Bloody useless long-term memory.

Looks like i'll just have to go with the college/library option then. Very grim places to have to go.

That Kaplan stuff looks expensive.

[mrmr96]

Andrew[MG] said:

That Kaplan stuff looks expensive.

Fortunatley for me my work paid for it. If you're paying for yourself it's very very good training, but it is pricey.

[bga]

mrmr96 said:

Andrew[MG] said:

That Kaplan stuff looks expensive.

Fortunatley for me my work paid for it. If you're paying for yourself it's very very good training, but it is pricey.

I did a Kaplan book keeping course a while back too. The trainers were very good.

ETA, if a couple of the Big4 firms use them for some training then they can't be all that bad.

Edited by bga on Thursday 8th January 21:13