Xero Web Based Accounting: Getting Started
Learn how to set up your business in Xero. Get familiar with the Dashboard and basic Xero functions. Students will need their own Xero log on and should have basic computer and business literacy.
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Mon 25 Jul
- TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying students: $60.00 incl. GST
- $148.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Session 1
Mon 25 Jul 19:00 - Mon 25 Jul 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 2
Mon 01 Aug 19:00 - Mon 01 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 3
Mon 08 Aug 19:00 - Mon 08 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 4
Mon 15 Aug 19:00 - Mon 15 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 5
Mon 22 Aug 19:00 - Mon 22 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 6
Mon 29 Aug 19:00 - Mon 29 Aug 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland. -
Mon 31 Oct
- TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying students: $60.00 incl. GST
- $148.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Session 1
Mon 31 Oct 19:00 - Mon 31 Oct 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 2
Mon 07 Nov 19:00 - Mon 07 Nov 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 3
Mon 14 Nov 19:00 - Mon 14 Nov 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 4
Mon 21 Nov 19:00 - Mon 21 Nov 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 5
Mon 28 Nov 19:00 - Mon 28 Nov 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 6
Mon 05 Dec 19:00 - Mon 05 Dec 21:00Selwyn College, Auckland.
Description
NOTE: This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, their partners on work visas, refugees, NZ citizen and permanent resident young people aged 16+ who are not currently enrolled in a secondary school. We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship, residency or refugee status if requested. A condition of accepting a course fee subsidy is that you commit to at least 80% attendance of your course.
About the course
This course is for those new to Xero.
- Learn how to set up your business in Xero
- Dashboard
- Settings, including user roles
- Contacts, inventory items and tracking
- Invoicing and quotes
- Purchasing and purchase orders
- Accounts payable and accounts receivabale
- Bank reconciliation, including recon issues
- GST Return and overview of reporting
- General ledger - basic
- Budget
- Fixed Assets
- Reporting functions
- Tips and tricks
Who should attend?
Students with understanding of business processes (eg invoicing, accounts payable, debtors and GST) wanting to learn Xero software for automating their accounting processes. As this is a computer course, participants should already have basic computer skills (familiarity with using browsers, the task bar, menus, using a mouse). This course is taught in one of our school computer suites on personal computers running Windows 8.
Accessing Xero
Students will need their own Xero logon. If you do not already have a Xero log on please sign up by going to www.xero.co.nz and click on trial it for free (green button) and complete the sign up process, you will have a 30 day free trial. Do this just before the course starts.
Xero is online accounting software for small businesses. For an overview of Xero visit www.xero.com.
