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All of our centres are fully open for in centre study and exams. Distance Learning (home study) courses are still available.

Advanced Award in Bookkeeping with AAT

The Advanced Award in Bookkeeping with AAT is ideal for those who have the AAT Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping qualification and who wish to further progress their studies to gain qualified bookkeeper status with AAT.

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The Advanced Award in Bookkeeping with AAT is ideal for those who have the AAT Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping qualification and who wish to further progress their studies to gain qualified bookkeeper status with AAT.

Award and Associated Qualifications

Awarded 210 CPD points upon successful completion

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Start Date

Flexible

Study Type

In centre, online, or a combination

Training Type

award

Duration

210 hours

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About this award

A student completing this course will understand advanced bookkeeping principles and concepts, the preparation of financial statements for sole traders and partnerships, and issues around indirect tax in business. All of this will be learned in the context of the ethical issues that a book-keeper may encounter in professional life.

Course Content

 

Advanced Bookkeeping

Learn how to apply the principles of advanced double-entry bookkeeping, implement procedures for the acquisition and disposal of non-current assets, prepare and record depreciation calculations, record period end adjustments, and produce and extend the trial balance.

Final Accounts Preparation

Learn to distinguish between the financial recording and report requirements of different types of organization, explain the need for final accounts and the accounting and ethical principles underlying their preparation, manage accounts for sole traders and partnerships, and recognise the key differences between preparing accounts for a limited company and a sole trader.

Indirect Tax

In this course you will learn how to accurately complete VAT returns and submit them in a timely manner, understand the implications of errors for the business, document omissions and submit late filings and payment, and report VAT-related information within the organisation in accordance with regulatory and organisational requirements.

Aims and Objectives

A student completing this course will understand advanced bookkeeping principles and concepts, the preparation of financial statements for sole traders and partnerships, and issues around indirect tax in business. All of this will be learned in the context of the ethical issues that a book-keeper may encounter in professional life.

Courses Included

Pre-Requisites

Students should have gained the AAT Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping qualification.

Finance Options

Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: - 

 

Self-Funded: 

  • Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
  • You could opt to pay upfront.

 

 

Company Funded:

Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.

What we can help with:

  • Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
  • Tailored personnel letters
  • Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).

 

Funding & Grants:

There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.

We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.

 

* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.

 

 

Career Path

The bookkeeping skills developed by studying this qualification will enable a student to seek employment with confidence and can lead to employment as a professional bookkeeper, a senior bookkeeper, an accounts manager, or a ledger manager. A student can also gain AAT qualified bookkeeper status to work as a freelance bookkeeper.

Additional Information

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Whats the difference?

We offer a range of training packages in a range of subject areas and can offer blended learning opportunities to best meet your needs.

Course

Our courses are practical in nature and focus on a single subject and can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

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