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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Accountancy

Principal Source Documents

AB301 · Recording Financial Transactions — Week 3 of 16

CourseAB301
Week3 of 16
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This week’s topics

Principal Source Documents

  1. Sales orders and purchase orders
  2. Delivery notes and goods received notes
  3. Sales and purchase invoices
  4. Credit notes and debit notes
  5. Accounting Lecture 02 Part 1 - Recording Transactions
  6. Accounting 1: Program #9 - "Analyzing and Recording Transactions"

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Describe principal source documents and Books of Prime (Original) Entry used to record financial transactions.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe principal source documents and Books of Prime (Original) Entry used to record financial transactions.

Study materials

Videos

  • Accounting Lecture 02 Part 1 - Recording Transactions · YouTube · Craig Pence · 12 min · for registered students
  • Accounting 1: Program #9 - "Analyzing and Recording Transactions" · YouTube · JCCCvideo · 51 min · for registered students
  • Invoices Explained (Everything You Need to Know) · YouTube · Accounting Stuff · 9 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Accounting Vol. 1, ch. 6.3–6.4: Recording purchases, sales and returns · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 347–359 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting, Lyryx 2023-A, ch. 5: Accounting for the Sale of Goods · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 185–220 · for registered students
  • International trade paperwork: the basics (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Purpose of Recording Financial Transactions
  • Week 2: Stakeholder Needs and Financial Information
  • Week 3: Principal Source Documents
  • Week 4: Preparation of Business Source Documents
  • Week 5: Books of Prime Entry Overview
  • Week 6: Cash and Bank Prime Records
  • Week 7: Preparing Books of Prime Entry
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Capital and Revenue Classification
  • Week 10: Accounting Approaches for Capital and Revenue Items
  • Week 11: Evaluating Misclassification of Capital and Revenue
  • Week 12: Applying Recording Financial Transactions in practice: case…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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