Bookkeeping courses - home and online?

pernes

Hi I am interested in doing a bookkeeping course at home and wonder if anyone is doing or completed one? What would be the best one for a beginner?
Does anyone know when receipts and cheque book stubs are given to an accountant to submit to Companies House, do they submit the info into Sage or another program which then works out an corpration tax etc payable and if so would the course enable me to do this and save the association money?
Hope that makes sense
Thanks

Kavanne

Hi pernes, a bit different to what you were asking but I did pitman bookkeeping as an evening course. 2 hrs one evening a week and having the classroom time was invaluable. Have you considered seeing if a local college does the course?

pernes

thanks I will check out the local college. Did you do the course as it is job related, or just for personal use?

Kavanne

pernes wrote: »

thanks I will check out the local college. Did you do the course as it is job related, or just for personal use?

I thought it might be useful for my career, as it happened I ended up working as a Customer advisor for a bank so not using at the moment If you have a purpose for the course I think having a tutor will really help because if you have any queries about applying it or anything you can go straight to them.

ClareEmily

My company want me to take over the book keeping in my company in the New Year, so they have paid £56 for a 8 week course at a local college (where abouts do you live?) every Thur 10-12 with an exam at the end of it. They will then buy the Sage software.

It is called: Computerised Accounts - Pitman Level 1 (Sage) - run by South Downs College.

Hopefully it will give me a better understanding of what I need to be doing and also get me a pay rise..yippee