Accounting & Bookkeeping
A beginner-to-job-ready course in cloud accounting and bookkeeping for Indian businesses. Learn double-entry bookkeeping, journals, ledgers and trial balance, then work in Zoho Books, TallyPrime, FreshBooks and QuickBooks. Handle invoicing, payables and receivables, bank reconciliation with bank feeds and OCR, GST accounting and e-invoicing, TDS and TCS fundamentals, payroll, financial statements, cash flow, year-end closing and error correction, with data security and audit trails. Built for Indian SMEs, startups, e-commerce businesses, accounting firms and remote bookkeeping. It trains routine bookkeeping only and does not qualify learners for regulated audit, tax or certification services.
- Duration: 12 weeks
- Modules: 10
- Fee: Rs 9,999
- Field: Finance & Business
Roles this track prepares you for
- Bookkeeper
- Accounts Assistant
- Accounts Executive
- Junior Accountant
- Remote Bookkeeper
- Accounts Payable Executive
- Accounts Receivable Executive
- Billing Executive
- Payroll Executive
- Tally Operator
Curriculum
- Accounting Fundamentals and Business Basics - Understand what a bookkeeper does, the core accounting terms and equation, cash versus accrual, the accounting cycle, and where routine bookkeeping ends and regulated professional services begin.
- What Bookkeeping Is: Roles, Business Types and Daily Work
- Core Accounting Terms: Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Income, Expenses
- Accounting Equation, Cash vs Accrual and the Accounting Cycle
- Bookkeeper Scope vs CA and GST Practitioner Services: Ethics and Limits
- Double-Entry Bookkeeping - Learn debit and credit rules and the chart of accounts, record journal entries, post ledgers, keep a cash book and petty cash, and prepare and balance a trial balance by hand and in a spreadsheet.
- Debit and Credit Rules: Account Types and Chart of Accounts
- Journal Entries for Common Business Transactions
- Ledgers and Posting: Building Ledger Accounts
- Cash Book, Petty Cash and Subsidiary Books
- Trial Balance: Preparing, Balancing and Tracing Differences
- Cloud Accounting Setup, Invoicing and Payables - Set up a business in Zoho Books with opening balances, then handle invoicing, receivables, vendor bills, payables and expense tracking in cloud accounting software.
- Cloud Accounting Basics: How Online Accounting Software Works
- Zoho Books Setup: Organisation, Chart of Accounts, Opening Balances
- Invoicing and Billing: Customers, Items, Invoices, Receipts
- Accounts Receivable: Credit Notes, Ageing, Collections
- Accounts Payable: Vendors, Bills, Payments, Payables Ageing
- Expense Tracking: Claims, Receipts, Categorisation
- Bank Reconciliation and Accounting Automation - Reconcile books to bank statements by hand and with bank feeds, set automated matching rules, process invoices with OCR, and use AI-assisted bookkeeping while knowing what a person must still check.
- Bank Reconciliation Fundamentals: Books vs Bank Statement
- Bank Feeds and Statement Imports in Cloud Software
- Automated Reconciliation: Rules, Matching, Exceptions
- OCR-Based Invoice and Receipt Processing
- AI-Assisted Bookkeeping: Categorisation, Checks, Review Limits
- GST Accounting for Indian Businesses - Book GST correctly in Indian business accounts: tax invoices, place of supply, input tax credit, return workings, e-invoicing, e-way bill, and reconciliation, with the line between workings and regulated filing work made clear.
- GST Basics for Bookkeepers: Registration, GSTIN, Types of Supply
- GST Tax Invoices: HSN/SAC, Place of Supply, CGST, SGST, IGST
- Input Tax Credit: Purchase Entries and GSTR-2B Matching Basics
- GST Returns Workings: Preparing GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B Data
- E-Invoicing and E-Way Bill: Applicability and Workflows
- GST Reconciliation and Common Errors
- TDS, TCS and Payroll Fundamentals - Learn the basics of TDS and TCS records for a small business, build a payroll register with statutory deductions, produce payslips, and book payroll correctly in accounting software.
- TDS Fundamentals: Sections, Deduction, Deposit, Records
- TCS Fundamentals and E-Commerce Operator Basics
- Payroll Basics: Salary Structure, Attendance, Deductions
- Statutory Payroll: PF, ESI, Professional Tax and Payslips
- Payroll Accounting: Journal Entries, Payments, Reports
- TallyPrime, FreshBooks, QuickBooks and Spreadsheets - Keep books in TallyPrime with vouchers and GST entries, handle international invoicing workflows in FreshBooks and QuickBooks, and use Excel and Google Sheets to check and summarise accounting data.
- TallyPrime Setup: Company, Groups, Ledgers, Vouchers
- TallyPrime Daily Work: Sales, Purchase, Receipt and Payment Vouchers
- TallyPrime GST Entries and Reports
- FreshBooks and QuickBooks: International Accounting Workflows
- Excel and Google Sheets for Bookkeepers: Formulas, Pivots, Checks
- Financial Statements, Cash Flow and Reporting - Pass adjusting entries, prepare the profit and loss statement and balance sheet, build a cash flow statement, and produce management reports a small business owner can use.
- Adjusting Entries: Accruals, Prepayments, Depreciation
- Profit and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet
- Cash Flow Statement and Cash Flow Management
- Management Reports: Ageing, Budget vs Actual, SME MIS
- Year-End Closing, Error Correction and Controls - Close the financial year, find and correct accounting errors with rectification and reversing entries, protect accounting data with access control and backups, and keep audit trails and records ready for a CA or auditor.
- Year-End Closing: Checklist, Closing Entries, Period Locks
- Accounting Errors: Types, Trial Balance Differences, Suspense Accounts
- Rectification and Reversing Entries in Cloud Software
- Data Security, Access Control and Backups for Accounting Data
- Audit Trails and Records Ready for CA and Auditor Review
- Capstone and Career Readiness - Bring everything together by running the complete books of an Indian SME, set up a remote bookkeeping client, and prepare a portfolio for bookkeeping jobs and freelance work.
- Capstone: Complete Cloud Books for an Indian SME, Month to Year-End
- Remote Bookkeeping: Client Onboarding, Workflows, Communication
- Job Readiness: Portfolio, Interviews, Freelance Bookkeeping Services
Frequently asked questions
How long is the Accounting & Bookkeeping course?
It runs for 12 weeks, with 10 modules. It is self-paced online learning from EasySkill Career Academy, Surat.
How much does the Accounting & Bookkeeping course cost?
The fee is Rs 9,999.
What will I build in Accounting & Bookkeeping?
Every module ends in a graded practical task that AI checks in about 30 seconds, so you finish with a portfolio you can show to employers or clients.
Which roles does Accounting & Bookkeeping prepare me for?
It prepares you to apply for roles such as Bookkeeper, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Executive, Junior Accountant, Remote Bookkeeper. It does not guarantee a job or income.
Can I learn online, or do I have to visit a centre?
You can learn fully online. EasySkill also has centres in Adajan, Vesu and Bhestan, Surat, if you prefer to visit.
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