To provide a real-world experience within the text, students are required to print many business forms and reports. However, instructor materials show all of the reports in full. Some reports are shown completely while others, due to space limitations, are only shown in part. With thorough exploration of the program in the text, students should be able to transition from training to using QuickBooks® 2013 in an actual business.Īccounting concepts and the use of QuickBooks® 2013 are reinforced throughout the text with the use of screen shots that show QuickBooks screens, completed transactions, and reports. The ease of corrections and the ramifications as a result of this ease are explored thoroughly. Unlike many other computerized accounting programs, QuickBooks is user-friendly when corrections and adjustments are required. This approach, however, has been correlated to traditional accounting through adjusting entries, end-of-period procedures, and use of the “behind the scenes” journal. Throughout the text, emphasis has been placed on the use of QuickBooks’ innovative approach to recording accounting transactions based on a business form rather than using the traditional journal format.
This text provides students with ample opportunity to apply the concepts presented in the text and software with: