Content  

• Introduction to accounting
• Understanding accrual accounting and published financial reports
• Analysis and interpretation of financial statements
• Taxation, including income tax and GST
• Cash flow
• Working with reports
• Case study and examples

Learning Objectives

• Understand financial reports and differentiate between profit and cash
• Understand the concept of working capital
• Understand common accounting reports
• Appreciate basic taxation and its implications for business structures
• Identify cash flows, select appropriate methods of handling taxes and non-cash flow expenses such as depreciation
• Understand the application of sensitivity analysis, the nature of risk and how to handle risk in the analysis

This program is nationally accredited and includes assessment at AQF Level 4.

The learning outcomes provide the National Competency Standards for:

• BSBFIA402A – Report on financial activity

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