Duration6 to 12 months
Study Hours400 hours
ExperienceRequired
Jobs It Can Lead ToAssistant Accountant, Finance Officer, Tax Assistant, Payroll Manager, Credit Manager
Exams5

If you’re an experienced bookkeeper, administrator or clerk, this online AAT accounting course will teach you a range of complex accounting techniques to prepare you for a mid-level accounting role. You can study online, on campus, or a blend of both.

You will learn to master financial processes, including accounting principles, advanced bookkeeping, final accounts, VAT issues in business, management accounting costing techniques and ethical practice.

What’s included?

  • Support from course tutor
  • On-site exam or AAT approved centre
  • Course materials
  • Weekly remote study session with course tutor

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Funding Options

Ready to pay for your online AAT accounting course?

This course costs £1,195 and can be paid for in full by yourself or your employer.

If you would like to spread the cost of your course, you can pay a deposit upon booking, then set up a payment plan.

Fee waiver

If you’re aged 19+ and in receipt of certain benefits, or working and earning less than £20,319 annual gross salary, you could be eligible for a fee waiver. Click the ‘I am eligible for funding’ payment option at the checkout and we will contact you for more information. 

Advanced Learning Loan

If you are aged 24+, you may be able to apply for the 24+ Advanced Learning Loan, which covers course fees for the Level 3 and 4 qualifications.

The 24+ Advanced Learning Loans Bursary Fund offers financial support to help cover childcare and living costs too. For more information on eligibility and how to apply, visit the GOV.UK 24+ Advanced Learning Loan section.

Entry Criteria

You should have a GCSE grade C/4 or above in maths and English, plus an AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting and relevant industry experience.

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If you’re aged 19+ and in receipt of certain benefits, or working and earning less than £20,319 annual gross salary, you could be eligible for a fee waiver. Click the ‘I am eligible for funding’ payment option at the checkout and we will contact you for more information. 

Modules Include...

Business Awareness

Covers the role accounting in business, rights and responsibilities of business stakeholders, professional ethics in finance.

  • Business types, structure and governance and the legal framework in which they operate
  • The impact of the external and internal environments on business, their performance and decisions
  • How businesses and accounts comply with principles of professional ethics
  • The impact of new technologies in accounting and the risks associated with data security
  • Communicate information to stakeholders

Financial Accounting (preparing financial statements)

Covers producing statements of profit or loss and financial position for sole traders and partnerships, using a trial balance, and recording transactions in accounts using a manual bookkeeping system.

  • Accounting principles underlaying final accounts preparation
  • Principles of advanced double-entry bookkeeping
  • Implement procedures for the acquisition and disposal of non-current assets
  • Prepare and record depreciation calculations
  • Record period end adjustments
  • Produce and extend the trial balance
  • Produce financial statements for sole traders and partnerships
  • Interpret financial statements using profitability ratios
  • Prepare accounting records from incomplete information

Management Accounting Techniques

Covers the role of management accounting in business, how costs are handled and treated in different ways.

  • The purpose and use of management accounting within organisations
  • Use techniques required for dealing with costs
  • Attribute costs according to organisational requirements
  • Investigate deviations from budgets
  • Use spreadsheet techniques to provide management accounting information
  • Use management accounting techniques to support short-term decision making
  • Principles of cash management

Tax Processes for Businesses

Covers tax processes and their influence in business, submitting VAT returns and compliancy in VAT and payroll.

  • Legislation requirements relating to VAT
  • Calculate VAT
  • Review and verify VAT returns
  • Principles of payroll
  • Report information within the organisation

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