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 30 Oct
- TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying students: $60.00 incl. GST
- $148.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Session 1
Mon 30 Oct 19:00 - Mon 30 Oct 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 2
Mon 06 Nov 19:00 - Mon 06 Nov 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 3
Mon 13 Nov 19:00 - Mon 13 Nov 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 4
Mon 20 Nov 19:00 - Mon 20 Nov 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 5
Mon 27 Nov 19:00 - Mon 27 Nov 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 6
Mon 04 Dec 19:00 - Mon 04 Dec 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Register2 places remaining
Description
Course fees
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 or visitor visas, and refugees. To qualify, registrants should be over the age of 16 years and 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. The subsidised course fee is $60.
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.
