Introduction to Accounting

Want to learn accounting?

Start your new career with our easy introductory accounting course. You’ll gain a general understanding of accounting with a focus on core concepts and basic skills that will teach you the fundamentals of accounting. You will learn to interpret financial statements, undertake financial analysis, cash flow, budgeting and forecasting techniques. Study at your own pace, at a time that suits you with our flexible online learning.

Key benefits

• Understand accounting under different business structures: company, partnership, sole trader.
• Understand, analyse and interpret a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
• Forecast business revenues and expenses.
• Analyse the profitability and efficiency of your business.

This course includes the following topics

• ABKG204 – Business Types and Structures
• ABKG215 – What is Accounting?
• ABKG211 – Transactions and Definitions
• ABKG104 – Accounts and Definitions
• ABKG101 – Accounting for Transactions
• ABKG105 – Accounts and Financial Statements
• ABKI162 – Introduction to VAT