From business owners to independent bookkeepers, millions use QuickBooks for payroll, inventory, reports, and other accounting needs. Now you can learn to manage your finances with QuickBooks in this introductory online course.

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Preparing payroll in any small business can be a daunting task. Whether you have one employee or 20 employees, the federal and state requirements are often the same! However, by using the payroll feature in QuickBooks 2015, you can master efficient techniques for creating checks, paying taxes, and generating forms and reports quickly and easily.

And once you've mastered the basics, you'll gain troubleshooting tips and solutions to help you solve common problems and mistakes to simplify the whole payroll process. By the end of the course, you'll be ready to process payroll in QuickBooks and solve many of the problems that can pop up along the way.

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New Ventures Maine interactive classes and workshops are available online. Choose a Class to sign up for free online workshops and classes. Classes available include: Starting a Business, Manage your Money and Build your Career.They are not offering in-person classes at this time.

Individual appointments are available by video conference or phone. For more information you can email karleen.andrews@maine.edu or call her at (207) 557-1885. 

We sincerely appreciate your interest in supporting MSAD #11 (Gardiner Area) Adult & Community Education's literacy programs through your generous donation. Please click on the register button, which will then bring you to a page where you choose the amount to donate from $5 to $500.  (For any donation above $500, please call our office at 207-582-3774.)  Thank you!

A good budget and savings commitment are the foundation of your financial success. In this program, learn how to budget and reduce expenses, set savings goals, prevent fiscal fraud, and get a grasp on credit. Presented by Maine Credit Unions.

After you register our office will send you a link to the prerecorded class. 

This course will cover the use of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and Sharing files. Students will need a (free) Gmail account to participate in this class.  The first class covers Docs & Sharing Files: how to navigate the toolbar, design, save and recall your documents, all geared to optimal organization and communication, plus Sharing Files: what are the options for sharing of documents as well as good protocol for sharing.  We will cover how you and your team can all work from one document.  Google Sheets and Slides (the feature that allows users to make slideshows for presentations) will be covered in the 2nd class: Google Sheets, the spreadsheet piece in Google Drive, and Google Sheets (the feature that allows users to make slideshows for presentations). We will cover the basics as well as copyright permissions; as time permits, other advanced features will be covered. This course can be presented via Zoom if need be. If you're enrolling, be sure to complete the following form:

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Join Mark Morrison as he discusses Social Security. The first portion of this seminar discusses whether social security can provide the income clients and prospects need in retirement and how to make the most of social security benefits. The second portion of this seminar helps clients and prospects make determinations on how much income will be needed in retirement and how to identify potential income sources and how to make saving last. Mark Morrison is a licensed financial advisor with a BS in Economics and has been teaching personal finance for more than 5 years.

This class is designed to "flip" from onsite to remote, should we need to close our buildings.

Do you enjoy shopping, eating out, and exploring new places?  Are you interested in making money while patronizing local establishments?  Become a Mystery Shopper and get paid for shopping in your spare time!!  With as little as a few hours a month, you can earn money by shopping everything from fine dining and movie theaters, to fast food restaurants, gas stations, retail stores, and more.  This course will arm you with the basics as a Mystery Shopper, including how to find reputable agencies and manage submissions, as well as provide you with a variety of trips and tricks to help you become a successful (and lucrative) Mystery Shopper.

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