What You'll Learn

Where accurate books are made, every single month.

✓ How the general ledger, subsidiary ledgers, controlling accounts, and contra accounts work together.

✓ How to use a month-end checklist, prepare a trial balance, and verify account balances.

✓ How to find errors when the trial balance doesn't balance, and record correcting entries.

✓ How to perform monthly bank reconciliations and reconcile credit card accounts.

✓ How to record the monthly payroll entry, adjusting entries, and depreciation.

✓ How to complete the worksheet and prepare an adjusted trial balance.

No memorizing. No guessing. Just clarity.

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome

    1. Week 1 - Agenda

    2. Module 1: The General Ledger and Subsidiary Ledgers

    3. Module 1 Activity - Answer Key

    4. Module 1 - Presentation

    5. Module 1 Quiz

    1. Week 2 - Agenda

    2. Module 2: Month End Procedures

    3. Month End Checklist

    4. Module 2 - Presentation

    5. Module 2 Quiz

    1. Week 3 - Agenda

    2. Module 3: Correcting Entries and Account Reconciliation

    3. Module 3 - Presentation

    4. Module 3 Quiz

    1. Week 4 - Agenda

    2. Module 4: Adjusting Entries and Trial Balance

    3. Module 4 - Presentation

    4. Module 4 - Quiz

About this course

  • $185.00
  • 19 lessons

This Course Is Step 2 of a Certificate Program

The Bookkeeping Essentials Certificate Program

General Ledger & Month-End Procedures is the second of three courses that take you through the complete accounting cycle.

Step 1: Understanding Debits & Credits
Step 2: General Ledger & Month-End Procedures
Step 3: Closing Procedures & Financial Statements

Get all three for $445 and save $110. A payment plan of 2 payments of $222.50 is available on the full program.
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Hi, I'm Sharon.

Your instructor, and your biggest cheerleader.

I spent 10 years in corporate accounting before I started teaching, and I've now been teaching bookkeeping and accounting for 22 years through continuing education and workforce development programs at universities and colleges.

I hold a Bachelor's degree in Business Education from Temple University, a Pennsylvania Department of Education teaching certificate in Accounting, and I'm a Certified Online Instructor.

But here's what matters most: so many of my students walk in convinced they're "not a numbers person." Most of them are wrong. They just never had it explained clearly.

That's my job. Plain English, step by step, until it clicks.
Read My Story
Sharon deFonteny, Bookkeeping and Business Finance Educator

Questions? Good. Here are the answers.

  • Do I need to take Debits & Credits first?

    If you do not have a solid understanding of debits and credits, yes! This course builds directly on Understanding Debits & Credits. If you haven’t taken it yet, start there, or get all three courses in the Bookkeeping Essentials Certificate Program.

  • Do I need accounting software?

    No. You’ll learn the manual system first, which is exactly the point. Once you understand what’s happening behind the scenes, any software becomes easy.

  • Is the Bookkeeping Community included?

    Yes. It’s a place for students across all of my courses and Certificate Programs to ask questions, share what they’re working on, and connect with others learning the same material.

  • What should I take after this course?

    Closing Procedures & Financial Statements, the final course in the Bookkeeping Essentials Certificate Program.

Ready to Master Month-End?

Accurate books don't happen by accident. They happen at month-end.