Introduction to recordkeeping

Introduction to recordkeeping

Overview
Why Attend

This course offers this course to cover basic principles, terms and concepts of recordkeeping. This course provides a good opportunity for participants to practice and apply the methods of managing accounts through educational sessions by a number of academics from the accounting department at the end of each session of the course.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Target audience of this course:

Individuals with limited background or who do not have knowledge about the accounting and recordkeeping process such as students, teachers, small business workers and public auditors.

Course Objectives:

After completing the course, students will be able to learn the following:

  • Understand the nature of the recordkeeping function and control accounts.
  • Understand the effect of transactions on the accounting equation.
  • Know basic and implement practical Value Added Tax.
  • Processing accounting data in sub-journals and books of accounts.
  • Prepare the audit balance.
  • Reconciling the control of the accounts of creditor customers and account of the general ledger.
  • Reconciling the control of the accounts of debtor customers and account of the general ledger.
  • Complete the bank reconciliation report and reconcile the bank account control with the balance of the final bank statement.
  • Understand the difference between a continuous inventory system and a periodic inventory system.
  • Final inventory calculation using weighted average or retail method or FIFO.
Course Outline
  • Recordkeeping principles and terms.
  • Transaction accounting.
  • Reconciling the control of debtors and creditors
  • Bank reconciliation statement.
  • Inventory systems and methods.
Schedule & Fees