25 Replies to “ACCOUNTING BASICS: a Guide to (Almost) Everything”

  1. I packed a lot into this one! Here are the timestamps if you’d like to skip to a section…

    ⏱️TIMESTAMPS
    00:00 – Intro
    00:16 – What is Financial Accounting?
    01:11 – STEP 1: IDENTIFY TRANSACTIONS
    01:29 – STEP 2: PREPARE JOURNAL ENTRIES
    01:32 – What is a Journal Entry?
    01:36 – What does a Journal Entry look like?
    02:05 – What is Double Entry Accounting?
    02:58 – What is the Accounting Equation?
    04:17 – STEP 3: POST TO GENERAL LEDGER
    04:22 – What is the General Ledger?
    04:43 – Posting to Accounts
    04:49 – What is an Account?
    04:58 – The 6 Types of Account – Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue, Expenses & Dividends
    05:21 – What are T-Accounts?
    06:00 – What does the General Ledger look like?
    06:18 – STEP 4: UNADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE
    06:22 – What is a Trial Balance?
    06:43 – How to build a Trial Balance
    07:10 – Why is it called Trial Balance?
    07:28 – STEP 5: POST ADJUSTING ENTRIES
    07:32 – What are Adjusting Entries?
    07:40 – IFRS vs GAAP
    08:21 – What is the Accrual Method of Accounting?
    08:41 – Adjusting Entries Example
    10:14 – STEP 6: ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE
    10:41 – STEP 7: CREATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    10:44 – What are Financial Statements?
    10:59 – What are the three types of Financial Statements?
    11:10 – What is the Balance Sheet?
    11:28 – What is the Income Statement?
    11:43 – Profit vs Cash Flow
    11:54 – What is the Cash Flow Statement?
    12:04 – Who would use Financial Statements?
    12:34 – STEP 8: POST CLOSING ENTRIES
    12:41 – What are Closing Entries?
    12:51 – Closing Entries Example
    13:10 – Post Closing Trial Balance
    13:20 – THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE

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    2. Im confused is the credit side where money is being removed from the customers accounts and the debit side where its put into your account?

  2. Thank you . As an software engineer working closely with our accountants, I learned a lot from your tutorial video.

  3. Thank you so much my friend, This video helped a lot and I believe in after a couple years I will come to enjoy taking my part in this process for my new business.

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  5. Thank you so much for this video, it demistifies a lot of things. However, as a layman, I still have questions about definitions. What are: Accounts receivable v payable? Overhead expenses v prepaid expenses? Costs of goods sold?

  6. Hello, I find your videos extremely informative. As a new person to accounting can you please me in what sequence is the best way to watch your courses?

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  8. A very, very nice way of explaination but commentry is fast to pick , a bit slow would be better. Thankyou very much for uploading it.
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