Wednesday July 8, 2015

QuickBooks 101 - A Comprehensive Introduction and Much, Much More!

This introduction to QuickBooks workshop is designed to teach you the basics of QuickBooks for use in running your business.  The workshop is much more than just a cursory overview and will help you to understand:

• QuickBooks capabilities
• Versions of QuickBooks that are available
• Chart of Accounts
• Items List and how to set up QuickBooks Items
• Purchase orders and receiving merchandise
• How to add new customers and manage existing ones
• Entering sales receipts and invoices
• Entering and paying bills
• Receiving payments and making deposits
• Payroll and why it may not want to do this yourself
• Counting and adjusting inventory
• Generating reports and financial statements
• … and much more

This workshop replaces a prior SCORE program, “Lessons in Using QuickBooks:  Practical Answers to Real Questions”.

Presenters Jane and Bob Bloom will share their years of experience with QuickBooks running their own successful business, INK & TONER USA, LLC, an ink and toner discount retail store launched in 2004 in West Palm Beach and acquired in 2014.  

Jane has a BBA degree in Public Accounting, along with a Minor in Secondary Education, from Hofstra University in Uniondale, New York and an MA in Liberal Studies from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Jane has been teaching business subjects since 1975, and she been an Adjunct Instructor in the Business Department of Palm Beach State College since 1983, teaching Financial Accounting, Bookkeeping I, Bookkeeping II, Business Math, and Introduction to Business. She was selected to Who's Who Among American Teachers in 1996. Jane has been extremely active in both community service and business groups through the years. She dedicates time to volunteer her services to a variety of organizations, and she assists both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations with their bookkeeping needs. Jane is the chair of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County Foundation and is Past President of the Chamber. 

Bob is a Certified SCORE Mentor. He has degrees in environmental engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, secondary education from Hofstra University, computer systems from Florida Atlantic University, and has an extensive background in education, product marketing, business plan training, and sales and sales training. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of Keiser University's Business Department. Bob  previously served on the Advisory Board of the IT Academy at Palm Beach Central High School, on the Board of Directors of the Palms West Chamber of Commerce, and on the Board of Directors of the International Imaging Technology Council.