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A perennial bestseller, Carol Yacht's
Computer Accounting with Sage 50 2017, continues to lead themarket by incorporating real-world businesses; step-bystep-directions; numerous screen illustrations; challenging exercises andprojects; and a website with additional resources. In
Computer Accounting with Sage50 2017, students learn about the relationship between Sage 50 softwareand fundamental accounting principles, procedures, and business processes. For morethan 40 years, Sage 50 (formerly Peachtree) has produced award-winningaccounting software. The Sage family of software products is the leadingglobal supplier of business management solutions and services. Sage operates in 24 countries andserves 6 million small and medium-sized businesses. Accountant-recommended Sage 50 supports thesuccess of their customers' businesses. Businesses that use Sage 50 includeretail stores, healthcare, human resources, construction, real estate, transportation, payment processing, nonprofit, manufacturing, public utilities, legal, medical, accounting firms, home office, and personal record keeping.
About the author
Carol Yacht, carol@carolyacht.com, is an educator and author of technology-based accounting textbooks. Carol authors QuickBooks Online (3/e), QuickBooks Desktop (9/e), and Sage Peachtree (21/e), textbooks. Carol taught on the faculties of California State University-Los Angeles, West Los Angeles College, Yavapai College, and Beverly Hills High School. She started using accounting software in her classes in 1980. Carol's teaching career includes first and second year accounting courses, accounting information systems, and computer accounting.
Since 1989, Carol's textbooks have been published by McGraw-Hill. She contributes regularly to professional journals and is the Editor of the American Accounting Association's Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum section's The Accounting Educator.
Carol Yacht was an officer of AAA's Two-Year College section and recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a board member of the Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance; worked for IBM Corporation as an education instruction specialist; serves on AAA's Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum section's research, instructional, and hall of honor award committees; and works for Intuit and Sage as a consultant. Carol earned her MA degree from California State University-Los Angeles, BS degree from the University of New Mexico, and AS degree from Temple University.
