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FastTrak your way to
Starting Your Own
Bookkeeping Business
and becoming an
Accredited Bookkeeper and a BAS Agent
BIA
Code: BI-581
Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business Program
(incorporating the FastTrak FNS40210 Certificate IV in
Bookkeeping)
The 'ABN BAS Pty Ltd' Total Solution Program for Bookkeepers
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Q.
Are you tired of
working for what seems like an eternity, without ever
getting ahead?
Q.
Do you dream of
becoming your own boss, making more money and being able
to enjoy it?
Q.
Do you wish you
had more free time to spend with your family, or pursue
your favourite hobby?
A.
Become a Skilled Bookkeeper and Start Your Bookkeeping
Career as a BAS Agent
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There are 1,400,000
businesses in Australia and there is a huge demand for bookkeepers
who understand the specific needs of small businesses, because the most
common problem plaguing small business owners is their inability to
understand their finances. With the introduction of the GST every one of
them now needs an accurate bookkeeping system to keep account of their
financial records.
Starting your own Bookkeeping Business is a great idea if you enjoy
bookkeeping and office work and want to start your own business from home
with a minimum of capital.
How do you start? For most people the most
daunting task is how to start . . .
What do you need to begin?
Which software? Which state licenses do you need? How do you find clients?
How much do you charge? Do you have to be registered? Are there regulations
for bookkeepers?
So
you either continue to dream, or muddle into bookkeeping with no real idea
of what you are doing or – if you have a spare AUD$40,000+ you could join a
bookkeeping franchise where if you are lucky you may receive adequate
training, some marketing ideas, an operations manual and ongoing technical
support. What you will definitely receive for the rest of your business life is a monthly
account for the franchise fee and a percentage of your income.
The BIA Alternative . .
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The BIA
Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business Program
BI-581 FastTrak Full Course Fee $4,995
Less up-front payment Discount of
$500, a distance
learning Discount of
$500, and a FastTrak
Distance discount of
$300.
= $3,695
distance course fee
Note that due to the
volume of Bookings we are currently experiencing your course may
not ship for up to 3 weeks
Next Distance Intake:
Anytime
Next Classroom Intake:
Tuesday 17 April 20122
Click here to
see the $2,136 worth of extra benefits in this Program for just $1,000
In order to enrole in this FastTrak option you must be an experienced bookkeeper
or the
holder of a current accounting qualification. Please
note that you will need pass an entrance exam before
your enrolment will be accepted.
The exam is designed to test
your knowledge of accounting principles, including the
accounting equation, double entry bookkeeping and GST.
It is made up of 100 true/false and multiple choice
questions and the pass mark has been set at 80%
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Terms: Pay Monthly over
10 months:
You pay only $1,500
deposit
and then
$269.50
per month
over the next
10
months for
the distance
course**
or
You pay only $1,500
deposit and then
$349.50
per month
over the next
10
months for
the classroom
course**
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Option ONLY available for
Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card payments.
Call for full details.
ABN & ICB Member Discounts do not
apply to term payments.
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Incorporating the
'ABN BAS
Pty Ltd' Total Solution Program
for Bookkeepers:
This
nationally accredited qualification has been developed
for Bookkeepers by Bookkeepers. The Bookkeeping Institute of
Australia has
written the first ever training course for this
qualification and was the first training institute in
Australia to deliver the qualification in October 2007.
The course has already been has
been proven in the field with
over 1,200 students undertaking BIA Certificate courses.
The
Bookkeeping Institute of
Australia is the only
Registered Training Organisation
in Australia providing a
Total
Solution Program
for
Bookkeepers to become BAS
Agents under the
Tax Agent Services Act 2009.
Under the
legislation, which commenced on 1 March 2010, bookkeepers must be registered
BAS Agents, or
working under the supervision and control of
a BAS Agent or Tax Agent, in
order to provide BAS agent services for a fee or to "engage
in other conduct connected with providing such services."
In
order to register, a bookkeeper
must hold a Certificate IV in
Bookkeeping, or higher, and
have undertaken at least 1,400
hours (reducible to 1,000 if you
join the Institute of Certified
Bookkeepers once you have passed
your Cert IV) of relevant experience,
working under the direction of a
BAS Agent or Tax Agent, in the
previous 3 years. Employed work
for your own or another business will not
necessarily count.
Just obtaining your Cert IV
is not enough! If you want to
start a contact bookkeeping
business you must be able to
gain the relevant experience.
The
Bookkeeping Institute of Australia will not
only enable you to obtain the
nationally recognised
FNS40210 Certificate IV in Bookkeeping but
through our strategic partnership with the
Australian
Bookkeepers Network,
Australia's leading bookkeeping association, and their BAS
Agent company
ABN BAS
Pty Ltd
you
will also be able to gain the relevant experience you need
and to start operating a contract bookkeeping business
whenever you feel you are ready.
This is achieved simply by your
lodging your clients BAS returns legally through ABN BAS Pty
Ltd and at the same time logging time against your 1,000 of
experience required to become a BAS Agent.
That's right, while working with
ABN BAS
Pty Ltd,
you will be gaining your 1,000 hours for registration as a
BAS Agent in your own right.
With
ABN BAS Pty Ltd,
it is not necessary for you to relinquish control of your
client to a competing bookkeeping firm. Instead,
ABN BAS Pty Ltd
– as a BAS Agent in its own right – can
review and lodge the BAS for your client.
This enables you to retain the
control of the client
relationship and pay a per-BAS
lodgement fee to
ABN BAS
Pty Ltd,
which
you can either on-charge or
mark-up to your client.
Under the
ABN BAS
Pty Ltd
model, the client’s reliance in
the legal sense rests with
ABN BAS Pty Ltd
as the
lodging party. This means that
you, as the underlying
bookkeeper, are no longer
providing a “BAS Service” and
therefore do not need to
register as a BAS Agent.
Importantly, however, it means
that you can continue to
facilitate BAS services for your
clients.
If you want to know more just
click here for more
information regarding the
ABN BAS
Pty Ltd
option
or check out the ABN
fact sheet "Quality Assurance
Reviews & BAS Lodgement."
As part of
the
Bookkeeping Institute of Australia's
Total
Solution Prog ram
for Bookkeepers
you
will not only qualify with a
FNS40210
Certificate IV in Bookkeeping
but you will also qualify for
the
FNS30310 Certificate III in
Accounts Administration
pathway course.
Don't be fooled by other
uninformed training
organisations into thinking that
all you need is a Certificate IV, or
that experience working in your
own family business will count against the
1,000 hours.
The only experience
that will count are BAS services
performed under the supervision
and control of a Tax agent
... or a by a BAS agent
registered under the Act.
ABN BAS Pty Ltd
qualify as
such an agent and your
experience as a bookkeeper
working with them will count.
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Exclusive
to BIA Students:
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Included in the course fee are
TWO
textbooks that you will not only need,
but will become valuable reference books in the
future:
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Working in the Financial Services Industry -
3rd Edition - a 572 page textbook
written by Kay Waters specifically for the
Financial Services Training Package. Kay holds a
BSc(Hons), GradDipComm, DipArt and a BA.
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Australian Master Bookkeepers Guide
- 3rd Edition - a 1,024
page authority on the GST Act and BAS
regulations written by Stephen Marsden, a member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
Australia, CPA Australia and a Fellow of the
Taxation Institute of Australia. Stephen is a
full-time lecturer with the Queensland
University of Technology and hold a Master of
Business (Accountancy). This book is considered
by many to be the experienced Bookkeepers Bible.
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BIA Bookkeeping Business Guide
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ABN Pillars of Public Practice
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BIA Guide to FairWork and Payroll
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Plus additional BIA Accounting
guides
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Plus a packed CD of additional
reference information
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A
FREE copy of the
MYOB Student Edition
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A
FREE one years
student membership (worth $130) of the
Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), Australia's only
recognised BAS agent association exclusively for bookkeepers.
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One years FREE membership
— with no restrictions — of
the Australian Bookkeepers Network
(ABN), Australia's leading
bookkeeper association
enabling you to immediately lodge your clients BAS
returns through
ABN BAS
Pty Ltd
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Help you with guidelines as to how to log the 1400
hours of relevant BAS and GST experience that you
will need for re-registration.
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Provide you with knowledgeable advice and support on
the bookkeeping industry and the new laws.
In addition BIA Graduates receive:
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FREE membership of the Bookkeeping Institute of Australia
which
includes use the BIA Member logo on your business
cards and stationary and access to the student
members web site.
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The exclusive right to use the
post-nominal letters MBIA
–
which stands for Member, Bookkeeping Institute of
Australia
–
after your name.
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The right to call yourself a
BIA Accredited Bookkeeper and to use
the post-nominal letters BIAAB after your name and to
use the "BIA Accredited Bookkeeper" logo on your
letterhead and business cards.
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Once
you have an established contract
bookkeeping business, your name and business details
will be promoted on an exclusive page on the
BIA
Find A Bookkeeper website at
www.bookkeepingaustralia.com.au. This web site
is already on page one of any Google search for
"Find A Bookkeeper.
Receive $2,136 worth of benefits for just $1,000
Exclusive to the
BIA Start Your Own
Bookkeeping Business Program:
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And included in the extra course fee of $1,000
— compared
with the cost of the BI-575 Certificate IV in
Bookkeeping
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The BIA three day
BI-730 QuickBooks in
Daily Use with Payroll self-paced course —
this benefit is worth $899
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The BIA one day
BI-820 Microsoft Excel 2007
- Day to Day self-paced
course — this benefit is worth $325
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One years FREE membership
— with no restrictions — of
the Australian Bookkeepers Network
(ABN), Australia's leading
bookkeeper association
enabling you to immediately
lodge your clients BAS
returns through
ABN BAS
Pty Ltd —
this benefit is worth
$462.
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Two of the most useful marketing books you will ever
read, including "Instant Cashflow" by
Australian self-made multimillionaire and business
development expert, Brad Sugars -
this benefit is worth
$60
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A one day workshop in which
you will be helped to set up
your own bookkeeping
business -
this benefit is worth over
$390.
Incorporating Starting your
Bookkeeping Business;
Business Failures; Business
Name; Business Location;
Marketing your Bookkeeping
Business; Key Services;
Charges; Duration; Debt
Collection; Lead Generation;
Boosting Profitability;
Operating your Bookkeeping
Business; Troubleshooting;
MYOB Tricks and Traps and
the Impact of External
forces on the financial
services industry.
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or if you are taking the
course by distance we will
provide you with the lecture
material and unlimited free e-mail help and
remote support in setting up
Your Own Bookkeeping Business
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These benefits
total $2,136 — and you get them
for just $1,000 (including GST)!
No other Cert IV
Bookkeeping course provides all
of these features and offers you
the security of graduating from
the leading Bookkeeping
Institute in Australia - become
a BIA graduate and give
yourself that extra edge when
applying for a bookkeeping job
or trying to land that new
client.
In addition BIA will:
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Help you with
guidelines as to how to
log the 1000/1400
hours of relevant BAS and
GST experience that you will
need for re-registration.
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Provide you
with knowledgeable advice
and support on the
bookkeeping industry and the
new laws
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Provide you
with Bookkeeping and GST
textbooks which you will
find essential in your own
going employment or business going employment or business
No other
Certificate IV
Bookkeeping course provides all
of these features and offers you
the security of graduating from
the leading Bookkeeping
Institute in Australia - become
a BIA graduate and give
yourself that extra edge when
applying for a bookkeeping job
or trying to land that new
client.
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BI-576: FastTrak FNS40210 Certificate IV in Bookkeeping
The
course can be started at any time by distance learning
(see
estimated distance timetable), that is by correspondence,
including PowerPoint slides, study and accounting
guides, textbooks and assessments using Microsoft Word
and MYOB, or taken in the classroom (see
Bookkeeping classroom timetable).
The
classroom course includes 7 days of lectures. The assessments, together with homework
and textbook study, are completed at your own pace in
your own time, between classes or after the classroom
delivery has finished. It is estimated that a further
20-25
days will be required to complete the course.
The
distance course is completed at your own pace in your
own time. You can finish it as quickly as you like, or
take the full 12 months.
Competence is demonstrated by both
multiple assignments in Microsoft Excel and MYOB, together with short answer theory questions
using Microsoft Word.
The assessments are part of the learning process. They
are open book and are designed to encourage you to
research the answers and learn in the process.
The
successful completion of the open book assignments are
designed to test the students ability to complete monthly and quarterly accounts, including bank
reconciliations, payroll and BAS returns.
The Certificate IV Units
The
Bookkeeping Institute of Australia has
carefully chosen the 13 units in this qualification to ensure that our graduates are competent
to be employed or contracted in a bookkeeping role, or
to operate a business as a BAS Agent.
The 13
units have been carefully grouped into 5 groups and 7 sections in order to avoid the duplications often found
in individual unit assessments. That means that you only
have to complete 8 assessments in order to qualify for
all 19 units.
All of
these 13 units are
nationally recognised
and will
form part of a pathway towards the FNS50210 Diploma of Accounting
and the BIA Diploma of Bookkeeping.
The
Certificate IV
Assessment Groups
GROUP ONE
– FINANCIAL SERVICES , OHS & BUSINESS DOCUMENTS
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FNSINC301A - Work
effectively in the financial services industry
(elective)
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FNSINC401A - Apply
principles of professional practice to work in the
financial services industry
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BSBOHS303B - Contribute
to OHS hazard identification and risk assessment
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BSBITU306A - Design
and produce business documents
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BSBWRT301A - Write
simple documents (elective)
GROUP
TWO –
NOT REQUIRED TO BE
COMPLETED
GROUP
THREE - BOOKKEEPING POLICIES & PRACTICES
GROUP FOUR - PROVIDE CONTRACT BOOKKEEPING SERVICES USING MYOB
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FNSBKG402A - Establish
and maintain a Cash Accounting System
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FNSACC402A - Prepare
operational budgets (elective)
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FNSBKG403A - Establish
and maintain an Accrual Accounting System
GROUP FIVE
- PART 1:
BAS AGENT REGISTRATION SKILL SET: PAYROLL
GROUP FIVE
- PART 2: BAS AGENT REGISTRATION SKILL SET: BAS
GROUP SIX
- MAINTAIN ASSET & INVENTORY RECORDS
The Methodology
In the past introductory
accounting concepts and principles have been taught
using a manual accounting system approach. The
Bookkeeping Institute of Australia
has adopted the view that it is more important for
students to learn to operate a computer program such as
Microsoft Excel or a computerised accounting
system such as MYOB to perform these activities.
Consequently in addition to 5 days of lectures,
students will receive 3 days of extensive self-paced
training in MYOB and an optional 1 day of Excel self-paced training before starting on the assessments.
The assessments themselves
are largely based on a fictitious sporting business
called Wayne Cooper Gym Repairs. By using this scenario we
are able to simulate a workplace environment in the
classroom and your home.
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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
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The Classroom Activities
The 7 day classroom
course comprises the
following BIA lectures. There are no self-paced courses
included in the FastTrak option.
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
Days 3 – 8:
Attendance
is not required
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:
Attendance is not required
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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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 400 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
national provider code is 32190. |
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Start Your Bookkeeping Career by
Becoming a Skilled Bookkeeper and BAS Agent
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