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"As easy as ABC." The AAT Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping is a qualification designed to ensure you develop sound knowledge of bookkeeping, developing the necessary practical skills to understand all areas of the subject.
The qualification is ideally suited to a diverse range of people from school leavers to mature learners and career changers, whether they wish to embark on a career in bookkeeping or expand their skills in their current role. This course has been developed by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT).
The A+ programme is delivered via our Virtual learning Environment. This is available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. You will be issued a Username and Password when you enrol, which will allow you access to the ABC section of the site.
- The interactive bookkeeping programme. Within this programme there is a reporting function that allows you (and us) to monitor your progress in the self test sections.
- Additional question banks developed by a+ to provide additional support for your learning.
In addition, we will send you a copy of the ABC workbook. This mirrors the on line ABC tutorial package and allows you to have at hand a copy of the questions and your answers.
And, naturally, there is also a telephone and email support service.
The course has been split in to three units for ease of learning. Each unit contains a set of self test questions for you to assess how well you are progressing. A+ also provides you with an additional bank of questions, you can submit online, to get immediate feedback on how you are progressing. The units are shown below - click on each one to learn more about it.
| Unit 1 - Introduction to Bookkeeping |
This unit covers the double entry recording of transactions up to trial balance and the production of the profit and loss account and balance sheet from trial balance. Traditional T-accounts are used, as well as journal entries in a typical computer format. No previous knowledge of accounting is required.
By the end of “ Introduction to bookkeeping”, you will have learned to record transactions in double entry terms, extract a trial balance and prepare a simple set of account for a sole trader.
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| Unit 2 - Accounting Adjustments |
This unit covers specific double entry techniques using the knowledge of double entry, learned in the first unit. Topics such as accruals and prepayments, fixed assets and depreciation, leasing, loans and hire purchase are all dealt with within this unit.
By the end of “ Accounting adjustments”, you will have learned how to process most types of common transactions and adjustments and be able to produce a more complex set of accounts for a sole trader.
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| Unit 3 - Practical Bookkeeping and Final Accounts |
This unit covers the recording of transactions in the primary records of businesses and the posting of the ledgers from the books of original entry. The final lesson looks at the financial statements of different types of businesses - clubs and societies, partnerships and limited companies.
By the end of “P ractical Bookkeeping and Final Accounts”, you will be familiar with the more practical aspects of day to day bookkeeping and the contents and format of the final accounts of different types of organisations.
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