Want to take your financial consulting practice to the next level, earn client trust, and easily connect with a vast pool of potential customers? Certification as a QuickBooks ProAdvisor brings you these and many more benefits. And the best part is, you can boost your business at no cost with just a few hours of your time. By joining the QuickBooks ProAdvisor program and completing a test, your ProAdvisor certification demonstrates your superior knowledge of the QuickBooks system. You will be prepared to provide both expert business and financial consulting. Certification as a QuickBooks ProAdvisor will improve your efficiency and increase the success of your practice. We’ll discuss these and more benefits in detail later in this article.
By investing just one or two hours a day, you can become a certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor in as little as two weeks.
QuickBooks Support Number offers certifications in several areas of specialization:
QuickBooks Online (Basic and Advanced)
QuickBooks Desktop (Basic only)
QuickBooks Point of Sale
QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions
(Note that these certifications are only for QuickBooks Payroll Service systems and do not mean the individual is a certified bookkeeper or accountant.)
QuickBooks also offers advanced certifications for those who want to more thoroughly master the company’s systems. Intuit QuickBooks experts lead the advanced training courses, following which you must pass an additional exam. Your advanced certification credential significantly raises your credibility, further increases your facility with the QuickBooks systems, and enables you to improve your clients’ experience and grow your practice.
QuickBooks ProAdvisor and put you on the path to greater success and more clients.
Step 1: Sign Up for QuickBooks Online Accountant Program
Your first step is to sign up for the Online QuickBooks Accountant program and create your profile to become a QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor. Signing up and creating your profile is free.
Go to quickbooks.intuit.com/accountants
Click on ProAdvisor Program in the top navigation menu
Click on the button “Sign-up for free” and fill out the required information
This process takes just a few minutes, after which you can proceed directly to the ProAdvisor training and exam.
Step 2: Prepare for the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certification Exam
Once you sign up, you can access the ProAdvisor training courses and the exam portal. To begin the training, go to the ProAdvisor link found in a menu on the left of the QB Accountant page and click on the Training tab. Here you will find courses for all of the QuickBooks products to prepare you for the certifications exams. If you are new to QuickBooks, we recommend you start with the Introduction to QuickBooks Online Accountant course.
The QuickBooks Online Accountant Basic course consists of seven learning modules, which can be completed in about six and a half hours. You do not have to complete all the modules in one session. The system saves where you end a session, and you can pick up where you left off later.
If you are comfortable with the basics of QuickBooks Online, you may jump to the advanced certification course. The QuickBooks Online Accountant Advanced course contains ten modules and can be completed in about eight hours
While preparing for the certification exam, you can also earn CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credits, which apply to maintaining your accountancy certification. The QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Basic certification earns you 8 CPE credits. The Advanced certification earns 13 CPE credits.
The training not only prepares you to pass the certification exam, it builds your professional confidence with the QuickBooks systems and enables you to answer your clients’ questions with confidence.
Step 3: Take the QuickBooks Certification Exam
The QuickBooks Online Accountant ProAdvisor Basic certification exam contains eight sections with a total of 75 questions to test your knowledge of QuickBooks Premier Support Number’ functionality and features. You must get 80% or more questions right in each section to pass the examination.