This course covers the Full Accounting Cycle, beginning with Company Creation and the setup of accounting systems, followed by Purchases and Sales, Recording and Reconciling Transactions, including Credit Notes, Refunds, Overpayments, Bad Debts, and Deferred Income. It also addresses Foreign Currency Transactions, the complete management of Fixed Assets from recording and reconciliation to depreciation and error resolution, and the use of Director’s Loan Accounts (DLA). Additional areas include Accruals and Prepayments, Petty Cash, common Bank Reconciliation Issues, and the handling of Cheques and Bounced Cheques, along with other important accounting adjustments and reporting considerations.
The objective of the course is to develop strong Practical Accounting Skills, enabling learners to confidently create and manage companies, maintain accurate financial records, reconcile accounts, and resolve everyday accounting issues efficiently.
Usman Ali (Chartered Accountant and PTLLS -Teaching qualification -Level-3)
Category: Accounting
Students will learn how to set up a Company and manage complete day-to-day Bookkeeping Activities, starting from recording Sales and Purchase Invoices to reviewing their impact on Accounts. They will gain hands-on experience in issuing Credit Notes, handling Overpayments and Refunds, processing Bad Debts, managing Cheques and Bounced Cheques, and reviewing Sales and Purchase Transactions. The course also explains Reporting Aspects and how each transaction affects Financial Statements.
Learners will apply the same principles to Foreign Currency Transactions, including creating Foreign Currency Accounts, recording and reconciling Transactions, transferring funds between Base and Foreign Accounts, and understanding Exchange Rate Impacts on accounts and reports.
Students will develop in-depth knowledge of Fixed Assets, covering Fixed Asset Setup, recording and reconciling Asset Transactions, calculating and posting Depreciation, resolving Errors, maintaining a Fixed Asset Register, performing Reconciliations, and generating Fixed Asset Reports.
The course also focuses on Director’s Loan Accounts (DLA), teaching how to record Funds Introduced by Directors, Loans to and from the Company, Director Loan Repayments, and understanding their impact on Company Accounts and Compliance.
In addition, students will master Bank Reconciliation, including Bank Rules, identifying and correcting Reconciliation Errors, splitting Payments, allocating payments to Multiple Invoices, and resolving Complex Reconciliation Issues. They will learn to upload documents using Hubdoc, integrate Auto-Software, upload Multiple Attachments, handle Random Bookkeeping Issues, send User Invites, find and Recode Transactions, Lock Accounting Periods, post Manual Journals, search and Check Transaction History, review Transactions by Account Code, and confidently resolve Bank Reconciliation Errors and other practical Bookkeeping Challenges.
Chartered Accountant and PTLLS -Teaching qualification -Level-3 | 6 years of experience