The course is aimed at those who want to learn how to use an accounting program such as TurboCASH (which is free/libre and open source software) to create a set of books and keep track of finances.

TurboCASH is the world's most popular FREE fully featured, multi-company, multi-user accounting system. The TurboCASH modules includes: General Ledger, Cashbook, Customers, Suppliers, Inventory, Report Writer, Point of Sale, Payroll and eCommerce. TurboCASH includes functions such as: debtors, creditors, general ledger, full stock control, VAT accounting, invoicing, bank reconciliation, trial balance, balance sheet and income statements, full reporting and analysis.

Participants will be provided with the TurboCASH program (the Windows version) at the end of the course to install on their computers.

Course Prerequisites

The following are the prerequisites for the training:

• You must be computer literate and have a working knowledge of Windows
• You must be confident with the keyboard and mouse
• A knowledge of bookkeeping will be advantageous

Course Content

Welcome to TurboCASH * Install TurboCASH Program * Toolbars and Menus * Customise TurboCASH * New to Accounting * Open and Close Files * Working with Screens and Multiple Programs * System Settings * Create Sets of Books * Manage Set of Books and Data * Navigation and Manage Sets of Books * Setup Procedures * Setup System Parameters * Introduction to Master Files * General Ledger * Bank Accounts * Tax Accounts * Creditors Accounts * Debtor Accounts * Contacts * Look Up Facility * Value Added Tax

Course Date

The course duration is 1 day from 10:00-16:00 and the course dates are still to be announced.

Course Fee

The course fee is R750.00 per person which includes a copy of the TurboCASH program, a Certificate of Attendance and the course manual.

TurboCASH Key Features

• FREE fully featured accounting software package with all the bells and the whistles
• User friendly interface
• Comprehensive, context-sensitive help
• Customisable chart of accounts
• Compressive set of reports, especially for analysing sales
• Robust access control - create users and passwords with different access levels
• OS Commerce plug-in synchronising your webshop with TurboCASH's General Ledger
• Internet access - process transactions from remote sites over the Internet
• T-Accounts View - ideal for non-accountants
• Export and import accounts, customers, stock, suppliers and transactions in multiple formats including spreadsheets and XML
• Multi-lingual including Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish - in fact in 17 languages
• QuickBooks convertor to automatically convert QuickBooks data