This is an accredited course leading to the AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting.
The Advanced Certificate in Accounting covers a range of complex accounting tasks, including maintaining cost accounting records and the preparation of reports and returns while complying to Accounting ethics. It comprises 4 mandatory units:
Business Awareness
Financial Accounting: Preparing Financial Statements
Management Accounting Techniques
Tax Processes for Businesses
By the end of the course you should be able to:
• Understand business types, structures & governance.
• Prepare final accounts for sole traders and partnerships.
• Complete year-end adjustments such as depreciation, accruals and prepayments.
• Record the purchase, sale and other entries for fixed assets.
• Calculate VAT and prepare a VAT return.
• Present data using advanced spreadsheet techniques
• Apply Accounting Ethics
• Produce basic Management Accounts and Variance analysis
• Understand data risks, external & internal environment facts