COMPUTERISED BOOKKEEPING Level 2 Certificate

Level 2
Cullyhanna Wald Centre
IAB

Overview

This course is offered as a follow on to the Computerised Bookkeeping Level 1.

This course develops individuals knowledge and skills to set-up a computerised accounting system, maintain this system, prepare business documents, process a wide range of transactions from source documents and produce reconciliations and reports. The programme will also enable you to use Sage software suitable for the production of business accounts - a 180 day trial of Sage Business Cloud will be available to students as part of their course fees.

The Level 2 Certificate in Computerised Bookkeeping qualification is specifically aimed at learners who wish to further their studies of computerised accounting and gain a qualification at Level 2 of the regulated qualification framework.

Students will already have achieved the IAB Level 1 Award in Computerised Bookkeeping using Sage Cloud.

The qualification is made up of the following units:

Principles of Computerised Accounting and VAT:
- Understand the basics of computerised accounting.
- Understand terms used in accounting.
- Recognise source documents and understand their purpose.
- Understand the basics of the VAT system.
- Understand HMRC VAT rules.
- Understand the purpose of VAT accounts and the VAT return.

Use a computerised accounting system:
- Set up a computerised accounting system.
- Generate and use source documents.
- Account for cash sales and sundry income.
- Process customer receipts and refunds.
- Process supplier payments and refunds.
- Process payments through the bank current account.
- Process petty cash transactions.
- Reconcile the balance on the bank current account.
- Prepare and post journal entries.
- Generate reports.

Students will be assessed through an online knowledge test and an examination.

In addition to the course fees, you will be required to pay a £50.00 IAB Student Membership fee directly to IAB. You will not be eligible to sit the assessment unless this fee is paid.