With close to four million small business utilizing QuickBooks software, many accountants and auditors frequently work with QuickBooks-based financial statements. Yet, few are comfortable that they truly understand the numbers behind the financial statements. In this fast-paced, half-day program, you will learn valuable time-saving techniques for reconciling balance sheet accounts and analyzing the income statement. You will also learn about specific tools available to accountants - such as the Client Data Review and the Working Trial Balance - that facilitate rapid reconciliations and confirmations of QuickBooks-based financial statements.

This seminar features discussions on using QuickBooks' Reconcile feature in conjunction with custom reports to lend credence and credibility to balances in historically problematic accounts such as Prepaid Expenses, Customer Deposits, and Retainers. Additionally, participants in this course will learn how to reconcile loan balances, sales and payroll tax liabilities, and equity accounts to help ensure that the financial statements reflect the true performance of a company or client. If you work with QuickBooks or have clients using QuickBooks and are concerned about the accuracy of your financial reports, then mark this course as a "must attend" in 2010.

This seminar is new for 2010.