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Accounting Fundamentals

Financial AccountingSection A: Accounting Fundamentals (15%)15 marks

10 topics

  1. Four Frameworks of Accounting (Conceptual, Legal, Institutional and Regulatory)
  2. Accounting Principles, Concepts and Conventions
  3. Capital and Revenue Transactions - Capital and Revenue Expenditures, Capital and Revenue Receipts
  4. Accounting Cycle – Charts of Accounts and Codification Structure, Analysis of Transaction – Accounting Equation, Double Entry System, Books of Original Entry, Subsidiary Books and Finalisation of Accounts
  5. Journal (Day Books and Journal Proper - Opening Entries, Transfer Entries, Closing Entries, Adjustment entries, Rectification entries), Ledger
  6. Cash Book, Bank Book, Bank Reconciliation Statement
  7. Trial Balance (Preparation and Scrutiny)
  8. Adjustments and Rectifications: Depreciation and Amortisation
  9. Adjustments and Rectifications: Adjustment Entries and Rectification of Errors
  10. Adjustments and Rectifications: Accounting Treatment of Bad Debts and Provision for Doubtful Debts, Provision for Discount on Debtors and Provision for Discount on Creditors
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