Final Accounts I

Those who wish to perform double-entry book-keeping in order to maintain a Nominal Ledger and extract a preliminary trial balance.
Prerequisites: Students must have basic book-keeping skills. Ideally they should have completed the Basic Book-keeping, Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger courses.
Objectives: To learn the principles of double-entry book-keeping in order to maintain a Nominal Ledger and extract a preliminary trial balance.
Course Content
Lesson One:Principles of double entry book-keeping Preparing Nominal Ledger accounts Preparing a list of balances
·Lesson Two:Use of the Profit and Loss account Stages in the accounting process Preparing a Postings Summary
·Lesson Three:Timing differences Preparing a bank reconciliation statement
·Lesson Four:Understanding the payroll process Using a Payroll Summary Record to prepare a posting summary Making the postings to the Nominal Ledger
·Lesson Five:Purpose of the Nominal Ledger in business accounts Writing up the Nominal Ledger accounts
·Lesson Six:Using the Nominal Ledger to prepare a preliminary Trial Balance