The basics of bookkeeping
This online course introduces bookkeeping principles and explores how to accurately record business transactions.
Course Type
E-learning
Length
10 - 30 mins
What you’ll achieve
When you’ve completed the course, you’ll understand:
- the principles of bookkeeping including double entry
- the different categories of accounts and why they’re important
- how to enter transactions with confidence and avoid common bookkeeping errors.
About this course
As the first part of the accounting process, bookkeeping is fundamental to monitoring the performance of a business. By recording financial transactions accurately, you can then interpret and analyse data with confidence.
This course will explore the way in which basic business transactions are entered into the accounts.
This course is perfect if you're:
- a finance professional looking to refresh your basic finance skills and follow best practice
- running your own business looking for practical skills to monitor and manage your financial operations
- an organisation looking to roll out on-demand training to finance staff.
Overview
E-learning |
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10 - 30 mins |
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Bookkeeping |
Syllabus
This course covers:
- What is double entry bookkeeping?
- Categories of accounts: which are debits and which are credits?
- Entering transactions into the accounts with VAT and on credit
- Customer and supplier accounts
- Trial balance
- Common errors
- Omission
- Principle
- Commission
- Reversal of entries
- Original entry
How to access
The basics of bookkeeping is a 30-minute session including video tutorials and interactive learning to test your knowledge as you learn. You can purchase this course on its own or discounted as part of the AAT Business Finance Basics bundle.
Once purchased you will be able to access the AAT Learning Portal where you'll have 12 months from the date you access the learning materials. AAT Learning Portal allows you to view all the courses you’ve purchased in one place, monitor your latest training activity and create goals to help you achieve your training aims.
