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Topics of Accounting & Finance

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Accounting Sequence Types of Organisations Accounting Equation The Double Entry System Rules for Double Entry Rules of Debit and Credit nature and roles of accounting and finance main users of financial information Distinguish between financial and management accounting Accounting as a service function Accounting as an Information System Planning and Control nature and purpose of the three major financial statements balance sheet and interpret the information accounting conventions limitations of the balance sheet in portraying the financial position nature and purpose of the income statement Profit measurement and inventory costing methods nature of the limited company main features of the owners claim in a limited company rules that surround accounting for limited companies importance of cash to a business nature of the cash flow statement and discuss how it can be helpful in identifying cash flow problems major categories of ratios that can be used for analysis purposes important ratios for assessing the financial performance and position of a business limitations of ratios as a tool of financial analysis use of ratios in helping to predict financial failure usefulness of deducing the full cost of a unit of output for decision-making purposes full cost of a unit of output in both a single-product and a multi-product environment role and nature of activity-based costing fixed costs and variable costs and use this distinction to explain the relationship between costs, volume and profit break-even chart and deduce the break-even point for some activity weaknesses of break-even analysis demonstrate the way in which marginal analysis can be used when making short-term decisions budget and show how budgets, strategic objectives and strategic plans are related Page 1

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36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. uses of budgeting, and construct various budgets, including the cash budget explain how flexing the budget can be used to exercise control over the business The Trading Profit & Loss Account Main use of Trading Profit & Loss calculate Cost of Goods Sold nature and importance of investment decision making discuss the characteristics of the four main investment appraisal methods method of reach a decision on a particular practical investment opportunity methods used to monitor and control investment projects TRIAL BALANCE Accounting Concepts main sources of finance available to a business ways in which share capital may be issued role and nature of the Stock Exchange ways in which smaller businesses may seek to raise finance

51. Introduction to double entry and preparation of trial balance 52. division of ledger & Books of prime entry 53. Preparation of final account & Balance sheet 54. Ratio & Interpretation of accounts 55. Horizontal analysis 56. Trend analysis 57. Vertical analysis 58. Ratio analysis 59. Introduction to management accounting 60. Absorption of Overheads 61. Introduction to management accounting & decision making 62. Cost classification and attribution and financial analysis

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