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Accounting Crash Course

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Accounting Crash Course

  •   57 Lessons
  •   7h 1m
  •   102,423 Students

Used widely at investment banks and universities, the Accounting Crash Course will bring trainees up to speed on the income statement, the balance sheet, the cash flow statement and more.

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Financial Accounting Demystified, Step-By-Step

  • Step-by-step video lessons make accounting accessible and are filled with real-world exercises that test and reinforce covered concepts.
  • Understand key financial filings like 10Ks and 10Qs and the inter-relationships between the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement.
  • The same online course leading financial institutions use to get new hires up to speed.
This course is used to train new hires at:

What You Will Learn

  • Balance sheet
  • Working capital
  • Inventories & COGS
  • Fixed assets & depreciation
  • Intangible assets & goodwill
  • Deferred tax assets/liabilities & income taxes
  • Retained earnings & net income
  • Capitalizing versus expensing
  • The cash flow statement
  • Financial ratio analysis

Course Samples

Course TOC

1. Course Downloads Files
2. Overview: Why is Accounting Important? Video, 9:54
3. Basic Accounting Principles Video, 14:05
4. Financial Reportings & Important Filings Video, 6:32
5. Reading the 10K Video, 7:47
6. Accounting Introduction Review Quiz
7. Revenue Video, 6:15
8. Revenue Recognition Video, 8:38
9. Revenue Manipulation Video, 3:13
10. COGS & Gross Profit Video, 10:09
11. Selling, General & Administrative, Research & Development Expenses Video, 5:10
12. Depreciation Video, 12:13
13. Amortization Video, 9:26
14. Other Operating Expenses Video, 9:14
15. Interest Expense and Interest Income Video, 2:28
16. Other Non-Operating Items Video, 6:12
17. Tax Expense Video, 3:37
18. Net Income, EPS & Dividends Video, 10:07
19. EBIT, EBITDA & Income Statement Summary Video, 7:35
20. The Lemonade Stand, Part 1 Video, 8:10
21. The Lemonade Stand, Part 2 Video, 3:43
22. Income Statement Review Quiz
23. Stock Based Compensation Expense Video, 5:20
24. An Introduction to Assets Video, 7:46
25. An Introduction to Liabilities Video, 7:37
26. Double Entry Accounting Video, 10:49
27. How the Income Statement Connects to the Balance Sheet Video, 9:42
28. The Lemonade Stand Revisited Video, 9:30
29. How Assets & Liabilities are Presented Video, 4:07
30. Intro to the Balance Sheet Review Quiz
31. Cash, Receivables & Prepaid Expenses Video, 8:22
32. Inventory Video, 21:33
33. Property, Plant & Equipment, Part 1 Video, 12:29
34. Property, Plant & Equipment, Part 2 Video, 8:14
35. Intangible Assets & Goodwill Video, 12:34
36. Assets Review Quiz
37. Payable, Accrued Expenses, Deferred Revenue & Debt Video, 13:47
38. Lease Accounting Overview Video, 3:10
39. Finance Leases, Part 1 Video, 6:47
40. Finance Leases, Part 2 Video, 5:51
41. Operating Leases Video, 7:13
42. Lease Accounting Example Video, 3:46
43. Equity Video, 19:11
44. The Lemonade Stand, Part 3 Video, 30:43
45. Balance Sheet Review Quiz
46. The Cash Flow Statement Video, 11:59
47. Cash From Operations Video, 13:08
48. Cash From Financing & Cash From Investing Video, 7:19
49. [Test Gaga] Lesson 2 Video, 0:05
50. The Lemonade Stand, Part 4 Video, 7:21
51. Cash Flow Statement Review Quiz
52. Working Capital 101 Reading
53. Financial Statement Analysis Video, 24:06
54. Test Video 3 Video, 0:05
55. Financial Statement Analysis Review Quiz
56. The SUCCES Framework Introduction Video, 2:31
57. Accounting Crash Course Welcome Video, 1:30

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