Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
The Accounting Cycle
- Understanding the Accounting Cycle
- Supporting Documents
- Analyzing Transactions and Recording in the System
- Preparing Ledgers and General Ledgers (GL)
- Converting the GL to Trial Balance (TB)
- Types of Adjusting Entries
- The Adjusted Trial Balance (ATB)
- Mapping ATB to the Financial Statements
- Preparing Financial Statements
- Closing the Books
- Preparing the Post-Closing Trial Balance (PCTB)
The Cash Cycle
- Cash versus profit.
- The flow of money in and out of a company.
- How this is managed and controlled.
- Customers & Suppliers: The collection and payment processes.
- Where finance comes from.
- Basic cash flow statements.
Chart of Accounts and Design Techniques
- Designing Chart of Accounts
- Maintenance of Chart of Accounts
- Analyzing Chart of Accounts
- Reconciliations and Important Issues
- Creating the Trial Balance
Accounting Adjusting Entries
- Understanding Deferrals
- Deferred Revenues and Entries
- Deferred Expenses Entries
- Working with Accruals
- Adjusting for Accrued Revenues
- Accrued Expenses Entries
- Other Adjustments and Corrections
- Preparing the Adjusted Trial Balance
Preparing Financial Statements and Notes
- Mapping the Adjusted Trial Balance to the Financial Statements
- Preparing Income Statements
- Preparing Balance Sheets
- Preparing Cash Flow Statements
- Preparing the Equity Statements
- Reading and Interpreting the Audit Opinion
Notes to the Financial Statements
- Understanding the Requirements for the Notes
- Organization and Activities of Notes
- Basis for Preparation
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
- Accounting Convention
- Use of Estimates
- Completing the Financial Statements and the Notes
