Certificate in Xero

Everything a bookkeeper does in Xero in a normal month. You'll set up a file and its chart of accounts, then work through sales, purchases and bank reconciliation, prepare a BAS ready to lodge and close the month with reports. It finishes with stock, fixed assets, expense claims, projects, multi-currency, user access and lock dates, and a look at payroll and Xero's apps.

A little helps. If you know what an invoice, a bill and a reconciliation are, you're ready, with no Xero experience needed. If those are new, Bookkeeping & Payroll is the better starting point.

Not to start. Xero's free trial is enough to begin the course, and its demo company is free with a Xero login for trying things out. After the trial, Xero is a paid subscription.

Learn whichever your clients or employer use. Both do the same job, and the bookkeeping you learn transfers between them. If nothing decides it for you, look at local job ads: they'll tell you which one employers near you want, and our QuickBooks course is there if it's that one.

No. Brightwater Studio, a small design firm, is your practice client all course, so you can make mistakes where they cost nothing. Never practise in a live client or employer file: some actions, such as lodging a BAS, can't be undone.

GST, yes: you'll compare cash and accrual GST, connect Xero to the ATO and prepare a BAS label by label. Payroll gets a quick introduction, and the Certificate in Xero Payroll teaches you to run it in full. Advanced Xero goes further on GST, the TPAR and month end, and all three sit together in the Advanced Xero Bundle.

Yes. It's taught with Australian settings throughout: GST and the BAS, connecting to the ATO, and an introduction to the taxable payments annual report. Everyday skills such as invoicing and bank reconciliation work the same wherever Xero is used.

Yes. Complete the course and pass its final assessment and you get an industry-recognised OBA certificate of completion that an employer can verify online. It isn't Xero's own advisor certification, which Xero runs separately, and the course closes by showing where that fits and what to put on your resume.

Download the free info pack first. It walks you through every module, what you'll build and what you need before you start, so you can enrol knowing exactly what you're getting. If you'd like to talk it through, get in touch and we'll help you choose.