Lite
Practice in Craig’s Landscaping, Intuit’s free QuickBooks Online sample company. Nothing extra to buy.
$114.95/ year
or $34.95 a month- Chapters 1–8 and 10
- Practice in the free sample company
- No QuickBooks account needed
QuickBooks Online Step-by-Step
Learn QuickBooks.
Put it to work.
Learn to manage sales, expenses, banking, and reports with step-by-step lessons and practice in the QuickBooks Online test-drive company.
Practice customer sales in Craig’s Landscaping. No paid QuickBooks Online license required.
By Alicia Katz Pollock · Published by Questiva Consultants
QuickBooks Online Step-by-Step 2026
Standard · $179.95 a year
What’s included
Learn it. Practice it. Prove it.
Four tools work together in one online textbook, so you always know what to do next.
Interactive eBook
The textbook in your browser, with screenshots and practice steps right beside each lesson. Updated throughout the year.
Quizzes & Exams
A practice quiz ends every chapter and explains each answer. Then a chapter exam checks what stuck.
Smart Grader
Instant feedback on the work you do in QuickBooks Online, so you catch mistakes while you practice.
Certification
QBCU Exam Prep
Lessons in line with the QuickBooks Certified User exam, plus practice exams to get you ready.
About QBCU prepLearning on your own?
Build your QuickBooks skills at your own pace in Craig’s Landscaping.
Explore self-paced learningTeaching a class?
Use Standard for the whole book, DIY assignments, the case study and capstone, and tools to review student work.
For teachersTraining your team?
Choose sample-company practice with Lite, or companies your staff build themselves with Standard.
For firms & teamsHow you learn
Apply it hands-on.
Practice in a real QuickBooks Online company: Craig’s Landscaping on Lite, licensed company files on Standard. Then use quizzes to check your understanding.
The online textbook, with practice steps beside the lesson.
Learn the accounting
Clear explanations and screenshots show what to do and why it matters.
Practice in the sample company
Follow the exercises in Craig’s Landscaping, the QuickBooks Online test-drive company.
Check your understanding
Use the quizzes and explanations before moving on. Standard adds assignments in companies you build yourself.
Try Chapter 4 free
Opens the online textbook in your browser. No sign-up, nothing to install.
Certification prep
Get ready for the QBCU exam.
The QuickBooks Certified User credential shows employers and clients you can use QuickBooks Online with confidence. Certiport lists this book as in line with the exam.
- Lessons in line with the QBCU exam objectives
- QBCU practice exams, with an explanation for every answer
- Hands-on practice in QuickBooks Online, not just reading
QuickBooks Certified User
QuickBooks Online exam, delivered by Certiport
- Study
- Interactive eBook
- Practice
- Smart Grader
- Check
- Chapter quizzes
- Test yourself
- QBCU practice exams
Choose your edition
Same book. Two ways to practice.
Both editions use the same online textbook, updated throughout the year. The difference is the QuickBooks company you practice in.
Standard
Build your own company files from scratch, in your own QuickBooks Online account.
$179.95/ year
or $59.95 a month- Everything in Lite
- Adds chapters 9 and 11–16: the YinYang Graphic Design case study, job costing, inventory, year-end, payroll and the capstone
- Every end-of-chapter Do It Yourself assignment
Requires a class invite from your teacher or your own QuickBooks Online account. A free one works.
Yearly access is a one-time payment and does not renew automatically; monthly access renews until canceled. Add the printed E-Learning Companion to either edition for $60.
Meet the author
Alicia Katz Pollock
QuickBooks Online expert, Top 10 ProAdvisor, and educator with a master’s in teaching. Alicia writes the textbooks published under The Sleeter Group imprint, with more than 20 years of QuickBooks publishing history.
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