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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Accountancy

Preparing Books of Prime Entry

AB301 · Recording Financial Transactions — Week 7 of 16

CourseAB301
Week7 of 16
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This week’s topics

Preparing Books of Prime Entry

  1. Entering transactions into day books
  2. Balancing the Cash Book and Petty Cash Book
  3. Making opening and adjustment entries in the Journal
  4. Verifying arithmetic accuracy

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Prepare principal source documents and Books of Prime (Original) Entry for business transactions.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: prepare principal source documents and Books of Prime (Original) Entry for business transactions.

Study materials

Videos

  • Accounting 1: Program #26 - "Internal Control and Petty Cash" · YouTube · JCCCvideo · 49 min · for registered students
  • Accounting 1: Program #8 - "Journal Entries and the Trial Balance" · YouTube · JCCCvideo · 47 min · for registered students
  • Accounting 1: Program# 11 - "Adjusting Journal Entries" · YouTube · JCCCvideo · 49 min · for registered students
  • Accounting 1: Program #12 - "Adjusting Journal Entries" · YouTube · JCCCvideo · 49 min · for registered students
  • Accrued Revenue MADE EASY | Adjusting Entries · YouTube · Accounting Stuff · 9 min · for registered students
  • Deferred Revenue Explained | Adjusting Entries · YouTube · Accounting Stuff · 10 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Financial Accounting, Lyryx 2023-A, ch. 7: Cash and Receivables · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 263–306 · for registered students
  • 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
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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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