GENERAL AND CORPORATION BOOKKEEPING IV
 
Taught in 3rd year Bachelor in business studies - Main Subject: Accountancy-Tax Law
3rd year Bachelor in business studies Special programme for grad. HOSP boekhouden - modulair - Main Subject: Accountancy-Tax Law
Theory [A] 25.0
Exercises [B] 12.5
Training and projects [C] 0.0
Studytime [D] 150.0
Studypoints [E] 6
Level specialized
Credit contract? Access upon approval
Examination contract?
Language of instruction Dutch
Lecturer Greta DE GLAS
Reference RCBMGA03A00002
 
Key words
General and Corporation Bookkeeping IV, IWETO-code S192 Bookkeeping Sciences

Objectives
  • Expanding and consolidating what was learnt during the course General and Corporation Bookkeeping II and III.
  • You will get to know everything you need to allow you to perform all bookkeeping tasks for regular trade transactions.
  • Evaluate financial and fiscal implications to make up an annual statement of account correctly.


Topics
  • Thorough study of year-end activities
  • In-depth exploration of less frequently used actions in the partnership
  • Bookkeeping discussion from a Belgian and IAS/IFRS point of view


Prerequisites
Meet the final objectives of the courses General and Corporation Bookkeeping II and III.

Final Objectives
Knowledge
Job-related (specific):
  • Knowledge of the content as prescribed before
  • Accounting law
  • Bookkeeping procedures
  • Knowledge of the system of calculation
  • Knowledge of the international standards of bookkeeping
  • Knowledge of the sources that contain bookkeeping data
  • Knowledge of the legal basic principles of the corporation and bookkeeping law
  • Knowledge of the professional bookkeeping literature
  • Know where further training is offered and how one can consult this training
  • Knowledge of the evolutions in own fields of study
  • Knowledge of documents of accountancy
  • Knowledge of the carriers of information necessary to make up the statutory documents
  • Knowledge of the professional unions and organisations
  • Knowledge of the topicality concerning the profession
  • Knowledge of reporting techniques
  • Knowledge of procedures of control
  • Knowledge of the technical terminology
Skills
General:
  • Thinking and reasoning power
  • Updating knowledge
  • Consulting sources
  • Acquiring and assimilating information
Job-related (general):
  • Judging offered knowledge (being critical)
  • Ability to analyse documents
  • Handling numerical data
  • Follow the evolution in the fields of study and branches of business one is active in. Follow economical life in general
  • Ability to interpret and apply profession-oriented guidelines
  • Working efficiently, with an eye on the output
  • Making plans on short and long term and steer where it is necessary
  • Thinking logically
Job-related (specific):
  • Inform and give advice to customers in the field of bookkeeping and tax law
  • Follow the quickly evolving legislation in the field of accountancy, tax law, law and check this information on correctness, completeness and topicality
  • Translate rather formal texts of laws to ready-to-use information
  • Trace, list and collect all possible sources that contain bookkeeping, legal, social and economical data in an efficient and effective manner.
  • Check in an efficient and effective way whether the collected information and documents are correct, complete and up-to-date, point out difficulties and make supplements. If necessary take actions in order to make improvements.
  • Collect, register and classify profession-oriented data
  • Collect information in order to be able to make up the legally required pieces and fill these in compliance with the legal terms
  • Insight in the organisation of the bookkeeping firm or company
  • Have a thorough command of the legal bookkeeping
  • Have a thorough command and follow the accountancy law (IAS/IFRS standard included)
  • Ability to handle information in the field of economics, tax law and accountancy
  • Apply the rules of deontology that are linked to the professions accountant, tax agent, bookkeeper and tax specialist
  • Draw up and apply a goal-oriented administration, keep up a goal-oriented system of classification
  • Keep up the financial administration: invoicing, wages and other staff expenses, account suppliers, …
  • Managing the cashbox
  • Calculation of wages and administration
Attitudes
General:
  • Precision and accuracy
Job-related (general):
  • Neatness and tidiness
  • Result-oriented
  • Work systematically
Job-related (specific):
  • Being practical
  • Add value to the available information
  • Distil goal-oriented of relevant information
  • Eagerness to work with numerical data
  • Follow the bookkeeping law
  • Keep up the professional literature
  • Eagerness to learn continuously
  • Withstand pressure of work
  • Evaluation of own capabilities where the limits of competence or knowledge are exceeded


Materials used
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Handbook or syllabus

Study costs
Handbook: market price
Syllabus: unit price determined under Hogeschool rules

Study guidance
If there are problems individual counselling is possible.

Teaching Methods
Interactive method of question-and-answer, followed by exercises.
The content is presented by means of exercises.
These exercises are first made individually and are afterwards corrected in class.

Assessment
  • First exam session: 100% written exam
  • Second exam session: 100% written exam
Students only enrolled for taking the exams:
  • First exam session: 100% written exam
  • Second exam session: 100% written exam


Lecturer(s)