To teach manual book-keeping to cover unit 2 of the OCR Level 2 Certificate in Accounting and part of the IAB Level 2 Award in Manual Book-keeping and Certificate in Book-keeping (competence), as well as enabling those running a small business to keep accurate accounting records. Suitable for: Those who wish to learn manual book-keeping
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Government funding available
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Forres/Inverness
(Highland)
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1st Floor, The Royal Bank Building, 57 High Street, IV36 1PB
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On request
About this course
Successful completion of the Book-keeping Level 2 Module 1 course, together with a high degree of motivation to learn manual book-keeping.
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Course programme
Course Content
• Lesson One – Including: Posting the opening balances at the start of a new trading year, using a Trial Balance to illustrate the accounting equation, posting brought forward balances, making postings from a 3 column Cash Book to the ledger accounts.
• Lesson Two – Including: Understanding the various methods of making and receiving payments, preparing a daily takings and cash for banking form, reconciling daily takings to a till roll report, completing a paying in slip in order to bank money received, checking eligibility for cash discount.
• Lesson Three – Including: Updating and balancing the ledger accounts, reconciling the Debtors and Creditors Control accounts, using the Journal in order to process the book-keeping entries for contra transactions and bad debt, processing a returned cheque.
• Lesson Four – Including: Preparing a cash reconciliation statement, the reasons why a bank reconciliation is performed, preparing a bank reconciliation statement, updating the Cash Book.
• Lesson Five – Including: Knowing how to maintain a self-managed credit control system, the purpose of a monthly statement, preparing monthly statements to send to customers, the purpose of an aged debtor analysis.
• Lesson Six – Including: Comparing a supplier statement to the related Purchase Ledger account, preparing a reconciliation statement, the action to take in respect of any discrepancies, identifying invoices falling due for payment, preparing a remittance advice and related payments.
• Lesson Seven – Including: The purpose of payroll, the elements which make up gross pay, identifying typical statutory and voluntary deductions and employer oncosts, preparing the Journal entries to account for payroll, keeping a Wages/Salaries Control account and Wages/Salaries Expenses account, keeping PAYE/NIC and Pension Creditor accounts.
• Lesson Eight – Including: Different VAT schemes, knowing how the double entry system is used in order to account for VAT, Form VAT 100 and preparing a pro forma VAT return, balancing the VAT account, demonstrating the ability to process ledger transactions and prepare control accounts.
Benefits
Learn double-entry book-keeping in order to keep accurate accounting records
The flexibility and value of a self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace
A personalised workbook to use as a reference guide on completion of the course
The opportunity to gain the widely recognised Pitman Training Certificate
What next: Sage Line 50
Additional information
Comments: Pitman Training (Highland) is part of a major training company, with over 100 centres in the UK. We have been delivering training in Forres for over 20 years. Our courses lead to a nationally recognised Pitman Training Certificate or Pitman Training Diploma.
We offer part-time and full-time courses on days and times that suit you, including evenings. Courses start every day – except Saturday and Sundays. All of our training is carried out on an individual basis, allowing you to progress at your own pace without the drawback of classroom teaching.
Career opportunities: Book Keeper, Accounts Contact person: Lindsay McDonald