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7 membership benefits of belonging to AIPB that help you get the recognition you deserve as a professional and keep your skills and knowledge up to date
Becoming a Certified Bookkeeper (CB), gives you the right to put “CB” after your name and, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor, means that you will have “the best job prospects” (Occupational Outlook Handbook).
The AIPB jobs web site helps you find the best bookkeeping jobs, or new clients for your freelance practice, at no charge.
Advance your skills, knowledge and career with self-study courses taken right in your home or office.
The Members Only area includes special resources provided only to AIPB members.
Chat Rooms for professional bookkeepers let you talk with colleagues, get new ideas, ask questions, share knowledge.
Bookkeeping Tips, one valuable bookkeeping, tax, payroll, filing or recordkeeping tip e-mailed to you each week—free.
Accounting, Bookkeeping & Tax Links connect you to over 150 free bookkeeping, accounting and tax calculators, forms, tables, templates, glossaries—all useful, all free
Free Bookkeeper’s Hiring Test helps employers quickly evaluate job candidates for bookkeeper at no change. Free 10-question test with optional free sections on payroll, depreciation and inventory.

Continuing Education for Bookkeepers
and Accountants

Everything you need in one convenient workbook
-- no classrooms, no travel, no downloads

Professional bookkeepers, like lawyers and accountants, know the importance of continuing education. As your national association, we provide the tools you need to continually expand your skills, knowledge and value to employers or clients.

  • Each course is both a complete self-study workbook and desk reference.

  • Each course makes sure you master (not just read about) crucial skills.

  • Each course lets you learn in the privacy of your office or home.

  • Each course section assures your mastery with a double-quiz.

    • Certificate of Completion. If you submit the optional Final Exam in
    your workbook to AIPB and achieve a grade of 70, AIPB sends you a
    Certificate of Completion, suitable for framing.


    Professional Education in Accounting

    • Mastering Adjusting Entries: Accruals and Deferrals. Learn to set
      up the trial balance, compute and record all end-of-period adjustments
      and present the adjusted trial balance. You now have everything
      needed for the financial statements and tax return. Double-quiz in
      each section assures that you master it.

    • Mastering Correction of Accounting Errors. You start by learning
      how to do the monthly bank reconciliation, move on to uncovering and
      correcting errors in the trial balance and in the accruals and deferrals.
      Double-quiz in each section assures that you master it.

    • Mastering Depreciation. Learn to compute and record depreciation
      for book and tax purposes; the 4 major methods of GAAP depreciation;
      MACRS depreciation for tax purposes, including Section 179 deductions;
      and tax depreciation of cars, SUVs and other vehicles.
      Double-quiz in each section assures that you master it.

    • Mastering Inventory. Learn the perpetual and periodic methods of
      recording inventory. Find out how to cost out inventory and record
      cost of goods sold using weighted and moving average, FIFO, LIFO and
      lower of cost or market (LCM). Double-quiz in each section assures
      that you master it.

    • Mastering the Statement of Cash Flows. Learn to prepare this vital
      statement even if you don’t know how to prepare an income statement
      or balance sheet.       Show your company why there may be no cash
      when profits are soaring, and what to do about it. Double-quiz in each
      section assures that you master it.

    • Mastering Internal Controls and Fraud Prevention. Show your
      company how to protect its assets. Learn to prevent—or spot—
      employee theft, customer check and credit-card fraud, Internet scams
      and more. Double-quiz in each section assures that you master it.

    • Mastering Double-Entry Bookkeeping. Discover the fast, fun way
      to learn debits and credits in one sitting (around 2 hours). Even if you
      are a novice, the step-by-step instruction, cemented with
      reinforcement quizzes, can turn you into a skilled bookkeeper.

     

    Professional Education in Payroll

    • Mastering Payroll. Learn to do a payroll, starting at square one.
      Includes: who gets overtime pay and who does not . . . how to process
      a W-4 and complete the 941, 940, W-2 and W-3 . . . how and when to
      deposit withheld taxes using actual forms. Double-quiz in each section
      assures that you master it.

    • Mastering Payroll II. Learn how to handle: taxable v. nontaxable
      fringe benefits expense reimbursements, advances and allowances
      personal use of company vehicles deferred compensation
      cafeteria plans third-party sick pay voluntary v. involuntary
      deductions child support orders and tax levies. Double-quiz in each
      section assures that you master it.

     

    Professional Education in Finance

    • Mastering Financial Statement Analysis. Learn how easy it can be
      to: compute liquidity ratios (ability to meet short-term obligations)
      apply profitability ratios calculate debt-management ratios use
      return-to-investor ratios analyze year-to-year performance
      compare your company to others in your industry. Makes you
      invaluable to your company. Plus—learn stock-market ratios for your
      personal use. Double-quiz in each section assures that you master it.

    • Mastering Credit and Collections. Learn how to avoid payment
      problems by assessing creditworthiness before you sell to a new
      customer. Use the unique lawyer-proof credit application that reveals
      what your company really needs to know. Find out how to collect,
      starting with letters, moving up to phone calls and, if all else fails,
      selecting the right professional collector. Double-quiz in each section
      assures that you master it.

     

    Professional Education in Taxation

    Learn to complete a tax return by computing each line and box with the hands-on case-study data. A double-quiz in each section assures that you master each section of the tax return. Each course concludes by giving you one year’s financial data—and you complete the entire tax return. Discover the highly marketable skills of:

     

    Professional References

    • The Encyclopedia of Journal Entries. Indispensable for bookkeepers,
      accountants and CPAs. Instantly puts the journal entry you need at
      your fingertips for: accounts and notes receivable leases
      liabilities revenue recognition PP&E pensions and postretirement
      benefits, and more. Tells what amount to debit v. credit, what to
      include in the amount, and why. Save hours, avoid awkward phone
      calls and never make another “guesstimate” journal entry. Put every
      journal entry you will ever need right at your fingertips.

    		 

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