LSBDC to hold seminar in Hammond on QuickBooks
Monday, August 8, 2016
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – The Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) at Southeastern
Louisiana University will co-sponsor with the Greater Hammond Chamber of Commerce
and Northshore SCORE a free seminar designed to help individuals master QuickBooks
for business.
The seminar, titled “QuickBooks for Everyday Business Use,” will take place in
Hammond on Tuesday, Aug. 30, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Southeast Louisiana Business
Center, located at 1514 Martens Drive. Guest speaker for the seminar is Mark Winebrener
of ClearView Accounting.
The primary value of QuickBooks or any accounting software, said Sandy Summers,
assistant director of the Small Business Development Center, is to provide the financial
and management data that will help effectively manage a business. Additionally, she
said, it should provide consistently accurate data for the preparation of any tax
or compliance forms required by government or industry agencies.
“Whether you are using an outside accounting firm, an internal bookkeeper, or
doing the bookkeeping yourself, you need to have a fundamental understanding of how
the accounting software generates the numbers that make up your financial and performance
reports and understand how the daily bookkeeping processes categorize the data used
in the reports,” Summers said. “It is also vitally important that businesses are familiar
with the reports that are important to their industry.”
Topics to be covered include accounting principles; financial statements; QuickBooks
online, setting up a chart of accounts, customers and vendors; invoices and forms;
attaching receipts to transactions; receiving payments and deposits; entering and
paying bills; sales tax; inventory; payroll; and reconciling accounts.
Although there is no cost to attend, seating is only guaranteed for pre-registered
attendees. To register or for more information, call (985) 549-3831. Online registration
is also available at www.lsbdc.org.
