Cornell Cooperative Extension

Ulster County
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Capturing Money Using Quickbooks: Basic recordkeeping and Quickbooks for farmers

  • Monday, February 8, 2016, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Thursday, February 11, 2016, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

THIS CLASS IS FULL but there's still time to sign up for repeat class on March 7 and 8

This two session class (Feb 8 and 11) will help you set up a bookkeeping system for your farm business.  We will introduce bookkeeping using Quickbooks, but the concepts covered will apply to other systems. You do not need to purchase a copy of Quickbooks to take the course as we will use the free-online trial version in the class.  (Class repeated March 7 and 8)

This course assumes that you are new to farm financial recordkeeping or to Quickbooks.

To Register:  Quickbooks for Farmers Registration Form.  Only 20 spaces are available.  Registration deadline is February 5.  

2016 CCEUC Agriculture Program Enrolled members only pay $25.  Enroll now and save ($50 value)!  For more information see: 
http://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture/2016-commercial-agriculture-program-enrollment.

Agenda
Day 1 Day 2
Identifying goals for your system

Terminology

Chart of Accounts (the backbone of your system)

Setting up a new system

Using Quickbooks

 Using Quickbooks

Developing a budget

Adding detail for more in-depth analysis

Generating reports

Understanding farm financial data

Financial ratios

Limits to information in Quickbooks reports

Fee

$30 per person ($25 for enrolled members)

Location

CCE Ulster
232 Plaza Road (Hannaford Plaza)
Kingston, New York 12401

Last updated February 4, 2016

Bookkeeping Resources for Farmers

Farm Accounting Using Quickbooks. A publication of the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension.

Evaluating Farm Financial Software. University of Iowa website that discusses different types of recordkeeping programs, with links.

 

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