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AAT Level 2 - Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping

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This is a stand alone Certification course which forms part of the overall AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Accounting qualification. Once you have completed this section of study and passed your exams, you can then upgrade your registration to include the remaining required subjects within the Full Level 2 qualification.

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Ideal Schools will provide:

All Study Materials via textbook or presentation folder
1 years tutorial support via phone & email
Continuous Self Progress tests & Answers
6 tutor marked assignments
Unlimited access to online practice questions

Exam Structure: 2 x centre based examinations
Study Time: Approx 40-50 hours

Additional Costs:
1 x AAT Registration fee of £43
2 x Centre-Based exam costing approx £60-65 per exam
Centre based exams include the AAT charge and your centre invigilation fee, which can vary from centre to centre.

What your course will cover:

Processing bookkeeping transactions
• Understanding double-entry bookkeeping, integrating books of prime entry and describing coding system functions
• Understanding discounts and settlement, trade and bulk discount differences
• Preparing and processing customer and supplier invoices and credit notes
• Totalling and balancing a 3-column analysed cash book
• Totalling, balancing and reconciling petty cash records within an analysed petty cash book
• Processing ledger transactions and extracting a trial balance.

Control accounts, journals and the banking system
• Understanding the purpose and use of control accounts and journals
• Maintaining and using control accounts and the journal
• Reconciling a bank statement with the cash book
• Understanding the banking process and main services of banks and building societies
• Understanding requirements of retention and storage relating to banking documents.