“Fra Luca Pacioli, the inventor of double-entry bookkeeping…has probably had more influence on human life than has Dante or Michelangelo”   Herbert J Muller

 

Course Objective

 

By the end of this bookkeeping course you will be able to identify double-entry book keeping errors and be able to prepare a trial balance with confidence.

 

 

Course content

 

• Understanding the chart of accounts
• Using journals: write-offs, suspense accounts
• Accruals & prepayments, accrued income & deferred income
• Posting salaries, corporation tax and VAT payments
• Bad and doubtful debt provisions
• Stock valuations – FIFO, LIFO and standard cost
• Profit/loss on foreign exchange transactions
• Fixed assets and depreciation – profit/loss on disposal of assets
• Preparing a trial balance and identifying errors
• Using an extended trial balance

 

 

Who will benefit?

 

Our Intermediate level Bookkeeping Course is suitable for accounts assistants, accounts payable staff, bookkeepers, credit controllers and graduate trainees. 

 

It will also benefit those about to start professional exams (AAT, CIMA, ACCA), and may prove a useful refresher course if you have exemptions from foundation papers.  It is recommended that you attend the Introduction to Bookkeeping Course first.

 

Duration: One day

 

The Bookkeeping Intermediate course is also available as an in-house course and can be tailored to meet any specific requirements that you may have.  Call 020 8332 7567 for further information.

 

“The course was very well structured and was aimed at things I wanted to learn and that I use day to day”

Accounts Assistant, Martin Greene Ravden