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About the Author and Our Materials

About Harold Averkamp (CPA, MBA)

For the past 50+ years, I have worked as an accounting supervisor, manager, consultant, university instructor, and innovator in online education. I am the sole author of all the materials on AccountingCoach.com.

Here are some of my credentials:

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) working at CPA firms, manufacturers, and adviser to scores of businesses
  • Senior lecturer emeritus in accounting at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • MBA, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Evanston IL
  • Accounting degree with honors, Marquette University
  • Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA)
  • Small Business Development Center (SBDC) award for excellence in counseling
  • Author of Keeping Your Parish Financially Healthy, published by Paulist Press

Why AccountingCoach

When I was an accounting student, a practicing accountant, and a senior lecturer of accounting, I appreciated clarity, examples, and knowing the underlying principle for a required task. Rarely would the textbook and the instructor’s lecture be sufficient. It was difficult, inconvenient, and expensive to get additional clarity.

Knowing the underlying accounting principles guided me to a deeper understanding of accounting topics. It was enhanced further by my working as an employee or consultant with companies in a variety of industries. Teaching university students a variety of accounting courses required that I communicate accounting information clearly and confidently. The combination of my accounting with businesses and my teaching made me uniquely qualified to explain introductory accounting.

In 2003, my son (Matthew) and I concluded that the internet would be a great way to share (for little or no cost) my accounting knowledge and insights with anyone in the world having internet access. As a result, we co-founded AccountingCoach.com and we continue to improve it today.

The 2,645+ testimonials we received from users revealed that AccountingCoach.com helped:

  • Learn introductory accounting and bookkeeping
  • Deepen their understanding of accounting
  • Refresh their knowledge from an earlier accounting course
  • Prepare for a job interview or job transfer
  • Improve their opportunity for more responsibilities and compensation
  • Nonaccountants become more effective in their job responsibilities

 

Our Courses

Free Materials

You’ll find 3 ‘levels’ of training here. Our free materials include explanations, quizzes, Q&A, word scrambles, and crosswords for more than 30 important accounting topics, all completely free.

PRO Materials

For more in-depth training, we created AccountingCoach PRO. AccountingCoach PRO contains learning features such as video training, visual tutorials, interactive quick tests, cheat sheets, flashcards, business forms, printable pdf files, progress tracking, and more, all for a modest one-time fee.

PRO Plus Materials

And for people ready to truly master the accounting fundamentals, we created AccountingCoach PRO Plus. PRO Plus gives you access to everything included in AccountingCoach PRO, and all of our Certificates of Achievement. After achieving a passing score on each certificate exam, you will immediately receive a certificate of achievement as proof positive you’ve mastered the most important areas of accounting. You’ll also be able to earn our motivational badges and points as you progress through our course.

Free Materials
  • Explanations
  • Quizzes
  • Q&A
  • Word Scrambles
  • Crosswords
  • Bookkeeping Video Training
  • Financial Statements Video Training
  • Flashcards
  • Visual Tutorials
  • Quick Tests
  • Quick Tests with Coaching
  • Cheat Sheets
  • Business Forms
  • All PDF Files
  • Progress Tracking
  • Earn Badges and Points
  • Certificate - Debits and Credits
  • Certificate - Adjusting Entries
  • Certificate - Financial Statements
  • Certificate - Balance Sheet
  • Certificate - Income Statement
  • Certificate - Cash Flow Statement
  • Certificate - Working Capital
  • Certificate - Financial Ratios
  • Certificate - Bank Reconciliation
  • Certificate - Payroll Accounting
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PRO Materials
  • Explanations
  • Quizzes
  • Q&A
  • Word Scrambles
  • Crosswords
  • Bookkeeping Video Training
  • Financial Statements Video Training
  • Flashcards
  • Visual Tutorials
  • Quick Tests
  • Quick Tests with Coaching
  • Cheat Sheets
  • Business Forms
  • All PDF Files
  • Progress Tracking
  • Earn Badges and Points
  • Certificate - Debits and Credits
  • Certificate - Adjusting Entries
  • Certificate - Financial Statements
  • Certificate - Balance Sheet
  • Certificate - Income Statement
  • Certificate - Cash Flow Statement
  • Certificate - Working Capital
  • Certificate - Financial Ratios
  • Certificate - Bank Reconciliation
  • Certificate - Payroll Accounting
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PRO Plus Materials
  • Explanations
  • Quizzes
  • Q&A
  • Word Scrambles
  • Crosswords
  • Bookkeeping Video Training
  • Financial Statements Video Training
  • Flashcards
  • Visual Tutorials
  • Quick Tests
  • Quick Tests with Coaching
  • Cheat Sheets
  • Business Forms
  • All PDF Files
  • Progress Tracking
  • Earn Badges and Points
  • Certificate - Debits and Credits
  • Certificate - Adjusting Entries
  • Certificate - Financial Statements
  • Certificate - Balance Sheet
  • Certificate - Income Statement
  • Certificate - Cash Flow Statement
  • Certificate - Working Capital
  • Certificate - Financial Ratios
  • Certificate - Bank Reconciliation
  • Certificate - Payroll Accounting
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Certificates of
Achievement

Certificates of Achievement

We now offer 10 Certificates of Achievement for Introductory Accounting and Bookkeeping:

  • Debits and Credits
  • Adjusting Entries
  • Financial Statements
  • Balance Sheet
  • Income Statement
  • Cash Flow Statement
  • Working Capital and Liquidity
  • Financial Ratios
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Payroll Accounting
Badges and Points
  • Work towards and earn 30 badges
  • Earn points as you work towards completing our course
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