How does Distance Learning work?
It is quite simple really.
After you have enroled with BIA and accepted our letter
of offer we will ship to you all of the textbooks, study
and accounting guides that you will need together with
the MYOB Student Edition DVD and a CD containing all of
the PowerPoint lecture and tutorial slides, Assessments
and reference material.
You first will need to
read our "Getting Started Guide" which will tell you
what is contained in your package and our
recommendations of what to do in what sequence.
Then you open up your
first lecture in PowerPoint. This lecture will point you
to which chapters in which book you should study and
when. After finishing the lecture you will be advised to
complete the 1st Assessment on your CD. Each of the 10
lectures follows much the same format.
If you get stuck you have
only to call our dedicated 1300 student support line or
email BIA support for help. Because we are dedicated to
Bookkeeping you will get directly through to a support
consultant that can help you.
The Classroom Activities
The 14 day classroom
course comprises the
following BIA lectures and self-paced courses:
Day 1:
Lecture #1 – Group 1,
Part 1: Orientation & Financial Services
This lecture will cover: Orientation & Training
Packages; Financial Services Industry; Managing your
time; Communication and Working in a Team
Day 2:
Lecture #2 – Group 1, Part 2: OHS
& Business Document
This lecture will cover: Health and Safety in the
Workplace; Doing Research and Writing Reports
Optional
Day:
Self-paced course:
BI-820 Microsoft Excel 2007 - Day to Day
Days 3 – 4:
Lectures #3 & #4 –
Group 2: Introduction to Bookkeeping
This
is the foundation lecture for the course and covers the
History of Bookkeeping; Accounting Concepts and
Principles; Business Organisations; Accounting Entities;
Business Types; The Trading Cycle; Accounting Periods;
Balance Date; Source Documents; Groups of Accounts; The
Accounting Equation; Net Profit; The Rules of Debits &
Credits; Double Entry Bookkeeping; Accounting Systems;
Chart of Accounts; Accrual and Cash Accounting; GST; The
Profit & Loss Statement & The Balance Sheet and The Flow
of Information.
Day 5:
Lecture #5 –
Group
2:
Bookkeeping Basics
Incorporating Recording transactions in the accounting
system; Preparation of financial statements; Measurement
of profit; The purpose of adjusting entries; Completing
the accounting cycle; Preparing adjusting entries; The
adjusted trial balance; Closing entries; Small
business concessions; Prepaid expenditure; Simplified
depreciation rules; Simplified trading stock rules;
Small business CGT concessions and Accounting for GST.
Day 6—7:
MYOB Self-paced course:
Ready to go with MYOB - Days 1 & 2
On
this course you will learn how to create a new company
file in MYOB; deal with more complex invoicing matters;
enter customer and supplier details into MYOB's card
file; export MYOB data to Microsoft Excel 2003; make
purchases from suppliers; make sales to customers;
modify a chart of accounts to suit specific business
needs; pay for purchases that have been made from
suppliers; perform a bank reconciliation; perform end of
month operations in MYOB; produce a variety of business
related reports; record customer payments; set up a
petty cash operation in MYOB; setup inventory for a new
company file; track and monitor your credit cards;
verify, backup, & restore MYOB data files & write
cheques to make payments
Day 8:
MYOB Self-paced course:
BI-614 MYOB Accounting for GST/BAS
On
this course you will learn how to use the MYOB Banking
command centre; reconcile bank accounts; understand file
management and error correction; understand Cash and
Accrual accounting methods; use advanced sales and
purchases features & understand GST & BAS in depth
Day 9:
Lecture #6 –
Bookkeeping Policies and Practices
Incorporating The history and background to the current
legislative framework under which bookkeepers operate;
The old legislation — the Income Tax Assessment Act of
1936; The new legislation — the Tax Agent Services Act
2009; What is a BAS Service; Who needs to register as a
BAS agent?; Recognised BAS Agent Associations; Code of
Professional Conduct; ABN BAS; ATO Guidelines for
Developing a Robust Risk-Based QA Process; Australian
Accounting Standards; Professional Development;
Professional Partner Programs; Break Even Analysis;
Financial Services Legislation; Time Management; The
Essentials of Public Practice; Working with Accountants;
New Client Relationship and Bookkeeping Business Plan.
Days 10-11:
Lectures #7 & #8 –
Bookkeeping, Budgeting, Payroll & the Fair Work Act
Incorporating MYOB accounting; Budgeting; PAYG; TFN
Declaration; Pay as you go; Employer vs Contractor; Fair
Work Act; Payment summaries; Superannuation; Pay slips;
Privacy laws; Unfair dismissal and Unlawful termination.
Day 12:
Self paced training . . . MYOB
Accounting Plus - Payroll
On
this course you will learn how to setup MYOB Accounting
Plus for payroll; add employee payroll details in MYOB;
conduct a pay run; create and track employee
entitlements; pay employees electronically; display
payroll information and generate reports; finalise the
end of a pay year
Day 13:
Lecture #9 –
Activity Statements
Incorporating Researching and documenting Statutory,
legislative and regulatory requirements relating to
Activity Statements; Identifying Lodgment schedule
requirements; Recognising GST implications and coding
transactions; Reporting on payroll and other amounts
withheld, pay as you go (PAYG) installments and taxes &
Completing, reconciling and lodging the Activity
Statement
Day 14:
Lecture #10 –
End-of-Period Financial Reports
Incorporating Setting up an asset register; Complying
with organisational asset acquisition procedures;
Reconciling asset register and inventory records to the
general ledger; Recording inventory flows; Recognising
new assets and asset categories; Preparing schedules and
ad hoc reports; Recording the disposal of fixed assets;
Recording general journal entries for balance day
adjustments; Preparing final general ledger accounts &
end-of-period financial reports
Course Materials
The following learning materials are included in the
course fee:
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Textbooks:
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Working in the
Financial Services Industry
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Accounting and Bookkeeping: Principles and
Practice
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Australian
Master Bookkeepers Guide
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BIA Study Guides:
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BIA Accounting & Compliance Guide
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BIA Bookkeeping Policy & Procedure Guide
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ABN Pillars of Public Practice
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BIA Guide to FairWork and Payroll
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Over 800 PowerPoint slides
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MYOB Student Edition CD-ROM and
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CD of self-paced Exercises
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Ready To Go with MYOB course Manual
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MYOB Payroll Manual
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MYOB Intermediate GST & BAS Manual
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CD-ROM including your assessments and reference
material
South Brisbane Campus
You can
take all of our Bookkeeping courses at our South
Brisbane campus which is at 1407 Logan Road in
Mt. Gravatt Central, ideally situated for both Brisbane
CBD and Gold Coast students. There is plenty of free
parking in the streets surrounding us.
The
courses are co-ordinated by our Principal, Dennis Turner, who has
successfully operated a contract bookkeeping business
since the introduction of GST into Australia in 2000,
including a year with a major Bookkeeping Franchise with
over 50 franchisees.
Dennis
has 47 years accounting and IT experience, with over 20 years experience with GST.
Prior to
coming to Australia Dennis held the position of
Financial Controller with a Software Developer for 5 years after owning his own
PC dealership for 10 years. He has held a variety of
accounting and IT management roles over the last 47
years, including time with major international
companies.
Dennis is also a registered BAS Agent, holds a 2007 BCom
Accounting degree from the Griffith University of
Brisbane, is a member of the Institute of Professional
Accountants and a Fellow of the Institute of Certified
Bookkeepers. He is a Certificate IV qualified trainer,
MYOB Certified Consultant, MYOB Accredited Trainer,
QuickBooks Professional Partner, member of the NZ
Computer Society and an Associate Member of the NZ
Institute of Management. He is well qualified to run this course.
Where to take a class
You can
take this course at our South Brisbane campus which is
at 1407 Logan Road in Mt. Gravatt Central, ideally
situated for both Brisbane CBD and Gold Coast students.
There is plenty of free parking in the streets
surrounding us.
Our courses are not only available at our Brisbane
campus, but are being taken via
distance learning by students in Perth, Melbourne,
Sydney, Adelaide, Darwin, Townsville, Cairns, Hobart and
across Australia.
You have up to 12 months (which can be extended to 18 months on
request) from the start date of the course to complete your assessments.
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The
Bookkeeping Institute of Australia is a
Registered Training Organisation (RTO) registered under
the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF). Our
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