What You Will Learn
This course delivers hands-on training in Peachtree (Sage 50) Accounting, enabling learners to manage business accounting, taxation, payroll, banking, and financial reporting with accuracy and confidence in a desktop-based accounting environment.You will learn how to:
- Navigate and work efficiently in Peachtree, understand the software interface, menus, toolbars, and company data flow
- Create and configure a company, set accounting preferences, manage users, handle opening balances, historical transactions, and secure data backups
- Manage vendors and accounts payable, including vendor setup, bill entry, payments, and check processing
- Handle customers and accounts receivable, including item creation, invoicing, receipt of payments, and sales transactions
- Manage bank accounts and cash transactions, record checks, transfer funds, and perform accurate bank reconciliations
- Analyze financial data and performance, generate financial reports, insights, graphs, and export reports to Excel
- Configure and manage sales tax, including tax rates, agencies, taxable items, calculations, and tax payments
- Process payroll operations, including employee setup, payroll items, salary processing, tax liabilities, and statutory payroll reports
- Create estimates and manage job-based billing, including progress invoicing, project tracking, and job status reporting
This course is ideal for students, accountants, business owners, and finance professionals seeking practical skills in computerized accounting using Peachtree (Sage 50), with a strong focus on real-world business transactions and compliance-ready accounting.