Accounting Basics
Learn real accounting fundamentals — journal entries, debits and credits, the accounting equation, core vocabulary, T-accounts, and spotting an entry that doesn't balance — in a free, hands-on practice course. No software required, no cost.
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What you'll practice
- What Is a Journal Entry?
- Debits & Credits — Which Side Increases What
- The Accounting Equation
- Record a Journal Entry — Buying on Credit
- Record a Journal Entry — Revenue Earned
- Common Accounting Vocabulary
- Balance a Simple T-Account
- Spot the Error — Does the Entry Balance?
- Put It Together — A Multi-Line Entry
Drills & Projects
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Balanced, Not Right →
Six real bookkeeping tasks, on an actual ledger — an entry that balances but uses the wrong account, an asset booked as a one-time expense, a compound entry missing a line, and more. No account needed.
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Right Number, Wrong Place →
Six real bookkeeping tasks, on plain entries — a payment counted as a second sale, a bank credit on the wrong side, sales tax in revenue, an expense in the wrong month, and more. No account needed.
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Booked Too Early →
Six month-end bookkeeping jobs where every entry balances but lands in the wrong month or the wrong kind of account: a deposit counted as a sale, a year of insurance in one month, a power bill not yet booked. No account needed.
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