Courses
Accounting foundations: from source document to trial balance
A course on how a source document becomes a ledger entry and how the ledgers roll up into a trial balance. It is for people starting out in accounting who want the mechanics clear before they meet a standard.
Curriculum
What this course covers.
The lessons, in the order you work through them. Lessons publish on a rolling basis, and your library shows exactly what is ready as each one publishes.
- How a business keeps score: the accounting equation on Baobab's first day of the year 8 min
- Source documents: invoices, credit notes, receipts and payslips Coming
- Double entry: debits, credits and why every transaction has two sides 10 min
- Journals: recording Baobab's March transactions 10 min
- The general ledger and posting 10 min
- Control accounts: receivables and payables Coming
- The bank reconciliation Coming
- VAT in the books: input and output VAT Coming
- Correcting errors and the suspense account Coming
- Extracting and checking the trial balance 8 min
Buying
R950, twelve months, when it opens.
One price, twelve months.
R950
Not yet open for enrolment
Access runs for twelve months from purchase. This course opens for enrolment once its first lessons are in the library.
12 months of access
Every lesson published so far, plus every lesson added and every revision made during your access period. Your library shows exactly what is ready as each lesson publishes.
Practice only
12 months of Accounting foundations Practice, without the course
Exam-style questions on every lesson's objectives, each with a worked solution and the standard paragraph behind the answer, plus flashcards scheduled by how well you know them. Every test draws fresh questions and leans toward what you have found hardest.
Lessons are not included. If you want those too, the course is better value: course holders add Practice from their member area for less.
Questions
Before you enrol.
How long do I have access?
Twelve months from purchase. That covers every lesson in the course, every lesson added to it during your year, and every revision made along the way.
Does this count towards CPD?
Yes, as evidence. Your certificate is verifiable CPD evidence: it states the hours of recorded instruction you completed and the learning outcomes of every lesson, and anyone can check it at the verification link printed on it. Amatle Institute is not an accredited CPD provider, so you log it with your professional body (SAICA, SAIPA, IAC, ICBA, CIGFARO or ASSA, for example) under that body's own rules. See what each body publishes.