This was a very helpful review of the material usually covered in a first year accounting course. The instructor explains concepts clearly and in a way that is compelling. Most of the classes use worksheets instead of PowerPoint slides, which is a welcome change. The worksheets are designed so you can follow and work alongside the instructor. The "homework" exercises are very helpful in grasping the material and are accompanied by answer keys to check your work. The organization of the classes within the course can be a little confusing. It appears to be assembled from previous courses (for Udemy, for example), and the instructor will sometimes refer to a topic as something we already covered when it is later in the course the way Illumeo has it organized. This isn't much of an issue, but it took a minute to figure out what was going on. Overall, you really couldn't ask for a better course on these topics. It's concise, thorough and there's plenty of supporting materials (worksheets and exercises).

Some of the questions are improperly written and need to be reviewed. Specifically, the insinuation that any accounting event happens when transactions are invoiced (there is not accounting transaction upon sending or receiving an invoice; the event is only when services are rendered). A few other nits as well. Overall point - clean up the questions so that they pass muster for a public company accounting environment and not a small, private company Quick Books environment. Best for students to learn the right way rather than convenient short-cuts that they won't encounter in a real world SOX environment.

Some of the questions are improperly written and need to be reviewed. Specifically, the insinuation that any accounting event happens when transactions are invoiced (there is not accounting transaction upon sending or receiving an invoice; the event is only when services are rendered). A few other nits as well. Overall point - clean up the questions so that they pass muster for a public company accounting environment and not a small, private company Quick Books environment. Best for students to learn the right way rather than convenient short-cuts that they won't encounter in a real world SOX environment.

Very comprehensive for a back to basics course. This sort of longer course has it's inherit drawbacks. You will want to take notes on this one as key concepts will be tested and having to go back an review is difficult without a better fast forward button or nice reference slides. The supporting material needs to be improved for this course as it would complement the course nicely and be more useful for those of us having to do this in stages (we forget a few things). Overall a must see and one of the best on Illumeo.

It is easy to forget how much we need to retain to be effective accountants and CPA's. This course was a great refresher to lay out the steps and procedures so often taken for granted, performed by software, or performed by someone else. Things like certain depreciation methods, inventory costing methods, and the close cycle are all familiar but not always used, and there is value in re-visiting these topics so they don't become too rusty. I think this course is valuable both to fresh and seasoned CPAs.

This course provided a comprehensive, deep-dive into the fundamentals of accounting. While much of the content served as a general refresher, there were several, less-familiar concepts that proved to be challenging. Nonetheless, the instructor presented content in an engaging way, The supporting materials were helpful; however, navigating through the various modules seemed a bit overwhelming at times.

Good review and overview of basic accounting concepts. The instructor was clear and thorough. There were, however a few answers on the test that I believe have the wrong answer and do not tie to the answers given in the class materials as I reviewed the materials again after reviewing my test results. Since the final exam results don't have question numbers I can't refer you to the specific questions.

This course is a lot of information. But it accomplishes what it sets out do. You get a review of the fundamentals of basic accounting. It provides some great insight into how the whole accounting process works. It does require you to think through problems but the math is easy and problems are basic. It is a lot of information so, be prepared to spend some time getting through everything.

excellent refresher for everyone especially those that teach college level classes, manage accounting departments, train peers and subordinates or anyone in the profession so they can speak to clients, peers, teams about the financial statement process and help them understand the process an resulting statements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I liked the pace and that there was supplemental workbook activities. I did not like that for the workbook there was not a explanation for how an answer was reached- don't just give me the answer but tell me why and how to get there. Also more information is needed on questions about how different accounts are affected if information is omitted/changed (under/overstated NI and RE etc)