Free QuickBooks Tutorial – Getting Started

The hardest part of any learning journey is the beginning. It’s when everything looks unfamiliar and where you’ll find the steepest learning curve. Learning QuickBooks is no exception which is why we’ve taken some of our QuickBooks 2019 course and put together this free QuickBooks tutorial for you.

As QuickBooks is not a simple product to use, getting the right QuickBooks training is very important. In this free QuickBooks tutorial, we start at the very beginning and explain how to set up your Company File in QuickBooks and go all the way through to dealing with Loans and Credit Cards in QuickBooks.

Under the video, you’ll find an extensive contents list that we’ve also timestamped.

You’ll need to set aside some time to go all the way through this QuickBooks tutorial as it’s 4 hours and 44 minutes long! We hope this puts you on your journey to QuickBooks mastery.

This is also available on our YouTube Channel.

Time Stamps:

0:00:08 – Welcome and Overview
0:01:30 – QuickBooks Versions
0:07:20 – What’s New in QuickBooks 2019
0:13:20 – Setting Up Your Company File
0:15:59 – Using Easy Step Interview – Part 1
0:26:36 – Using Easy Step Interview – Part 2
0:31:02 – My Company Overview
0:34:21 – Identifying the Components of the QB Environment
0:42:53 – Converting QuickBooks Desktop to Online Version
0:44:32 – Preferences – Part 1
0:55:03 – Preferences – Part 2
0:59:15 – Working with Users
1:06:29 – Chart of Accounts – Part 1
1:16:59 – Chart of Accounts – Part 2
1:27:00 – QuickBooks Sample File
1:30:54 – Working with Customers and Jobs – Part 1
1:40:38 – Working with Customers and Jobs – Part 2
1:49:31 – Estimates – Part 1
1:59:10 – Estimates – Part 2
2:06:51 – Invoicing from Estimates – Part 1
2:15:25 – Invoicing from Estimates – Part 2
2:21:13 – Invoicing Customers for Products and Services
2:23:19 – Receiving Payments
2:32:52 – Creating Deposits
2:38:49 – Creating Credit Memos
2:45:30 – Creating Statements
2:49:25 – Income Tracker
2:53:01 – Working with Vendors
3:01:28 – Entering Bills
3:08:52 – Paying Bills
3:15:09 – Credit Memos
3:19:00 – Working with Items – Part 1
3:27:31 – Working with Items – Part 2
3:33:33 – Creating Purchase Orders
3:38:19 – Receiving Items
3:41:41 – Creating Bills for Items
3:45:02 – Paying for Items
3:46:48 – Manually Adjusting Items
3:49:59 – Working with Registers
3:58:53 – Downloading Transactions
4:04:38 – Creating Entries and Writing Checks
4:08:32 – Bank Transfers
4:10:27 – Reconciling
4:16:29 – Setting Up Loans
4:19:21 – Creating Loan Payments
4:22:25 – Loan Manager
4:28:37 – Setting Up Credit Card Accounts
4:33:32 – Entering Credit Card Transactions
4:38:57 – Reconciling Credit Cards and Making Payments

This video was produced using QuickBooks Pro Desktop 2019 but if you have an older or newer version of the desktop series, then a lot of this will look familiar. If you’re using QuickBooks Online, this will look quite a bit different.

For more information on QuickBooks, take a look at our free QuickBooks resources. To get the remainder of the course you’ve just watched you can become a full, Simon Sez IT member for just $25/month.

You can view the full range of QuickBooks courses that Simon Sez IT offers by going here.

Cindy McGuckin

Cindy McGuckin is an IT trainer with over 20 years of experience. Cindy currently manages the IT Training Department at Trident Technical College, she's a Member of the Association of IT Professionals, Charleston, SC chapter and the Treasurer of the South Carolina Association of Continuing Higher Education. Cindy is a Microsoft Office and QuickBooks expert and her online courses have received hundreds of 5-star reviews. Her no-nonsense approach to teaching complicated topics makes her classes engaging and interesting.