Accounting Dashboard
Junior Achievement USA
Topics: Earning/spending/saving/donating, basic budgeting, goods vs. services, simple profit concept
Prerequisites: None – entry level; basic addition/subtraction
Biz Kid$ (PBS)
Topics: Saving vs. spending, basic banking, kid-business revenue/expense/profit tracking, credit basics intro
Prerequisites: Basic money concepts; simple multiplication/division
Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF)
Topics: Budgeting (zero-based), bank reconciliation, credit scores, loan amortization basics, payroll basics, taxes 101
Prerequisites: Percentages, ratios, basic algebra; high-school reading level
Khan Academy – Accounting/Finance Unit
Topics: Accounting equation, journal entries, T-accounts, debits/credits, intro financial statements, straight-line depreciation
Prerequisites: Pre-algebra (fractions, percentages, ratios); no prior bookkeeping needed
Investopedia – Accounting Basics
Topics: GAAP, accrual vs. cash accounting, financial ratios (ROE, ROA, EPS), depreciation methods, FIFO/LIFO inventory valuation
Prerequisites: Percentages/basic algebra; benefits from prior exposure to financial statements
AccountingCoach
Topics: Double-entry bookkeeping, adjusting entries, bank reconciliation, balance sheet/income statement/cash flow statement, payroll accounting, managerial/cost accounting basics
Prerequisites: Basic arithmetic/percentages; no prior bookkeeping required – starts from zero
My Accounting Course
Topics: GAAP principles (matching, revenue recognition, conservatism), full accounting cycle, ratio analysis
Prerequisites: Same baseline as AccountingCoach; useful as parallel reference
Coursera – Accounting & Bookkeeping Courses
Topics: Transaction analysis, revenue/expense recognition (Wharton Intro to Financial Accounting), full-cycle bookkeeping & payroll (Intuit Professional Certificate)
Prerequisites: Completion of a basics course recommended; spreadsheet comfort; algebra-level math
edX – Bookkeeping & Accounting Courses
Topics: Double-entry bookkeeping (ACCA Intro to Bookkeeping), trial balance, control account reconciliation, correction of errors
Prerequisites: None for Introduction level; algebra-level math
MIT OpenCourseWare – Accounting
Topics: Revenue recognition, inventory costing (FIFO/LIFO), long-lived asset accounting, consolidated statements, activity-based costing, capital budgeting, 10-K analysis
Prerequisites: Mastery of accounting equation, debits/credits, and the three core financial statements; college algebra
Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)
Topics: Financial statement analysis, business combinations (M&A accounting), equity method investments, consolidation, financial modeling, valuation (DCF, comps)
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and the three financial statements; intermediate Excel
AICPA & CIMA
Topics: CPA Exam domains (Auditing & Attestation, Financial Accounting & Reporting, Regulation/Tax, Discipline section), professional ethics, CPE
Prerequisites: Bachelor's-level accounting coursework (typically 150 semester hours); intermediate/advanced financial accounting, audit, tax, cost/managerial accounting
FASB
Topics: U.S. GAAP Accounting Standards Codification (revenue recognition ASC 606, leases ASC 842, financial instruments, consolidations)
Prerequisites: Strong intermediate/advanced financial accounting background; reference source, not a teaching site
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
Topics: CMA Exam Parts 1 & 2 – external reporting, budgeting/forecasting, cost management, financial statement analysis, corporate finance, risk management
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree; managerial/cost accounting foundation; time value of money/capital budgeting basics
Wall Street Prep
Topics: Three-statement financial modeling, DCF/comps/precedent transaction valuation, LBO and M&A modeling
Prerequisites: Full command of financial accounting (all three statements, accrual accounting, ratios); strong Excel; basic corporate finance