The Sydney and Area Chamber of Commerce is offering a 40-hour free Basic Bookkeeping course through Labour and Advance Education. The Basic Bookkeeping Course will cover the following material: • Defining bookkeeping and how it’s related to accounting • Principles of Accounting • Defining debits and credits • Bookkeeping on columnar paper • Using Excel spreadsheets for bookkeeping • Recording invoices, payments and credits • Recording bills, payments and credits • Recording sales receipts • Recording cheques and deposits • Reconciling the bank • Preparing a Profit & Loss Statement • Preparing a Balance Sheet The course will be every Monday and Thursday evening between 6 pm and 9 pm beginning Monday, May 7th 2018 at the Mi’kmaw Economic Benefits Office in Membertou. There is a $75-dollar refundable deposit that is returned at the end of the course. Please contact Melissa Vickers at the Sydney and Area Chamber of Commerce at 902-564-6453 or [email protected] for more information or registration.