AAT Technician Stage NVQ4

Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)

Technician Stage/ NVQ4

Course Contents

Premier Training will provide each student with:
 Textbooks and Workbooks for each unit
 Assignments
 Practice examinations
 Practice Simulations/Mock skills test
 Telephone helpline
 Personal study programme
 Personal tutor
 Portfolio builder

The study topics include:

• Users of and good qualities of accounting information
• Revision of basic accounting and accounting concepts
• Limited company accounts for publication
• Regulatory and conceptual framework and statement of principles
• Post balance sheet events
• Contingencies, goodwill and taxation
• Cash flow statements
• Ratio analysis
• Consolidated (group) accounts
• Management accounting and information
• Cost accumulation
• Costing Methods
• Budgets
• Standard costing
• Cost reduction and performance measurement
• Decision making
• The statutory and professional regulations governing auditing
• Audit planning
• Computers in auditing
• Audit testing
• Audit reporting
• Auditor liability
• Calculation of income tax
• Prepare computations of property and investment income
• Prepare tax computations for trades and professions
• Prepare capital gains tax computations
• Account for Corporation tax
• Prepare Corporation tax computations and returns
• Cash flow cycle and forecasts
• Sources of finance
• Cash budgets
• Working capital management
• Investment appraisal
• Systems analysis and design
• Interpersonal relationships
• Team management
• Co-ordinating work

On completion of the whole course in order to progress to membership of the Association you must obtain at least one year's relevant work experience.

Experience can be gained in any employment sector and can be gained before, during or after studying for the Accounting Technician qualification. When you are looking for work we will be happy to supply an academic reference to help you with this.

Other resources

Premier Training has an extensive catalogue of other training material including highly interactive computer based training packages, books and magazines which students are welcome to purchase from the Premier Training Bookshop.

For details of Course prices please visit our AAT NVQ Fees Page. You can also enrol online: please visit our AAT Diploma Online Enrolment section in the Premier Training Online Store.

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