Teach accounting online in English

Accounting rests on one short equation: assets equal liabilities plus equity. Every entry a student makes keeps that equation in balance, and nearly every idea they struggle with, from accruals to provisions, is a way of keeping it true. Students who never saw why end up memorising where the debit goes, and the rules fall apart once a question is worded differently from the textbook.

Most people who ask for help with accounting are not bad with numbers. They lost the thread somewhere between a receipt and the statements it ends up in, and they need someone to walk that path with them slowly: journal, ledger, trial balance, statements. Once the path makes sense, the rest of the subject has something to build on.

Why we are looking for accounting tutors who teach in English

Clasora shows students the tutors who teach in the language they use the site in. So if you teach in English, the students reading Clasora in English are the ones who find you.

Accounting is full of words that mean something narrower than they do in daily life. A “credit” is not good news, a “provision” is not a stock of supplies, and “revenue” is not the same as cash coming in. English also has more than one name for the same thing, such as “inventory” and “stock”, or “income statement” and “profit and loss account”. Hearing the same terms in a lesson as in their coursework and at work, a student stops translating in their head and starts reasoning.

Clasora does not employ tutors, and this is an opening rather than a job advert. You work independently: you set your own prices and your own hours, and you teach as much or as little as you like. Some tutors fit a few sessions a week around their work in an accounts department or a practice. Others teach enough hours for it to replace a salary.

What teaching accounting online on Clasora looks like

This opening is fully remote. Every lesson takes place online, and you teach from wherever you live.

Students book from your calendar. They only see the times you have marked as free, shown in their own time zone. You decide how much notice you need before a session and how far ahead students can book. If you work in finance yourself, you can keep the busy weeks around the year-end free of sessions.

Lessons run in the browser, and neither you nor your student installs anything. Screen sharing carries most accounting lessons. A spreadsheet makes a good shared workspace: you can lay out T-accounts side by side, post a transaction and let the student watch both sides change, or build a trial balance line by line and track down together why it will not balance. Many tutors use Excel or a similar program, and some open a real company's published annual report so the student can find the figures they have just calculated. The in-call chat is handy for passing across an account code, and background blur keeps your room out of view.

Between sessions, each student has a conversation with you. They can send the exercise that stumped them, and you can reply with a worksheet or a model answer. Messages, files and shared links sit next to the sessions they belong to, so last month's depreciation schedule is there without a search. Your own exercises and templates can live in your personal file area, and documents can come across from Google Drive. If you plan your week in Google Calendar, it can sync with your Clasora calendar.

What students usually want help with

Debits and credits: which side an entry goes on and why, starting from the accounting equation instead of a list of rules.

Journal entries and the ledger: recording transactions, posting them to accounts and balancing those accounts off.

The trial balance: preparing one, and finding the error when the two columns refuse to agree.

Period-end adjustments: accruals and prepayments, depreciation, bad debts and closing inventory, and how each one changes profit.

Financial statements: the balance sheet, the income statement and the cash flow statement, how to prepare them and how they connect.

Profit versus cash: why a business can report a profit and still run short of money to pay its bills.

VAT: recording tax on purchases and sales, and working out what is owed.

Cost and management accounting: fixed and variable costs, contribution, break-even analysis, budgets and variance analysis.

Analysing the figures: liquidity, profitability and gearing ratios, and what they actually say about a business.

More advanced topics: consolidated accounts, deferred tax and international standards such as IFRS.

Preparing for a test or an exam: practising questions against the clock and setting out answers the marker can follow.

Understanding their own books: small business owners and freelancers who want to read their accounts for themselves.

Who we are looking for

You know the parts of accounting you offer well enough to post an entry without hesitating and to see at once where a student's figures went wrong.

You explain clearly in English, and you can take a rule back to the accounting equation when a student asks why.

You pay close attention to detail, and you stay patient when a student swaps debit and credit for the fifth time.

You might work as an accountant, an auditor, a bookkeeper or a tax adviser, teach accounting already, hold a degree in accounting, finance or economics, or be a student with a firm grasp of the subject.

You have a computer with a camera, a microphone and a steady internet connection. A second screen helps you keep the student's spreadsheet and your notes in view.

You are 18 or older.

Teaching experience helps, but it is not required.

What you get

No commission. Clasora takes nothing from the price you set.

Free to join and to publish. There is no subscription and no listing fee.

Your own prices. You set a price for each session length, and you can offer a free first session.

Your own hours. You choose your weekly hours and days off, how much notice you need and how far ahead students can book.

A public listing page. Your listing is a page of its own that search engines can find, shown in the language each visitor reads. It shows your photo, an intro video, what you teach, the languages you speak and your price for each session length.

Reviews about your teaching. Students rate you on knowledge, clarity and engagement.

Checked qualifications. You can add your degrees and professional qualifications to your profile, and a moderator checks them.

Lessons in the browser. Video with screen sharing, background blur and in-call chat, with nothing to install on either side.

How to start

Create an account with the button on this page.

Publish a listing for accounting.

Open your calendar and mark the hours you are free.

It takes a few minutes. You accept the terms when you become a tutor, and a moderator checks your listing before it goes live.

Questions tutors ask

Do I need to be a qualified accountant?

No. You need a solid command of the accounting you offer and the ability to explain it clearly. If you do hold a professional qualification or a degree in the subject, add it to your profile and a moderator will check it.

Accounting rules differ from country to country. Which ones should I teach?

The ones you know. Double entry works the same everywhere, but charts of accounts, statement layouts and tax rules vary. Say in your listing which standards you work with, such as IFRS or one country's rules, so students can see whether you fit what they study.

Can I teach only management accounting, or only bookkeeping?

Yes. Your listing says what you teach, so you can offer the whole subject or only the areas you know best.

How do I get paid?

Card payments are not switched on yet. For now a booking is confirmed without a card, and you and the student settle payment directly between you.