Recording Financial Information

Course description

This is a mandatory Unit within the PDA Financial Accounting and PDA Book Keeping, as well as the HNC/HND Accounting course. It may also be part of other HN group awards as an optional Unit, or taken as a stand alone HN Unit. It is primarily intended for those who expect to take up a career or further study in accounting and/or financial administration, but is also very relevant to those with appropriate work experience who wish to formalise their book-keeping skills.  Upon course completion you should be able to effectively record and manage financial information with enhanced manual book-keeping skills.  For further information on this course, please visit the SQA website. Credit pointsYou will gain a good understanding of how to record financial information, using a double entry book-keeping system, up to trial balance. The unit will also enable candidates to complete a VAT return and incorporate control mechanisms into the book-keeping system. The course will teach you to: Record financial transactions in books of original entry  Record financial transactions in a double entry book-keeping system and extract a trial balance  Complete a VAT Return  Incorporate control mechanisms into a book-keeping system and level: 1 HN credit at SCQF level 7: (8 SCQF credit points at SCQF level 7) There are two costs associated with this course:   The first presentation for £144.00 includes the cost of SQA registration. The second presentation for £130.00 is without the cost of SQA registration. “Please see www.nescol.ac.uk for course without SQA Registration fee”