AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting

AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting is predominantly for people with a progressive accounts job role or with previous study specific to accounting. If you begin studying for your AAT qualification from Level 3, your current knowledge will be enhanced with a bookkeeping course prior to beginning the main level of study.  It covers:

• The preparation of information required to prepare a final set of accounts
• Further progression into management accounting with analysis and reporting of current and future costs
• VAT returns, professional ethics, and spreadsheets

AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting Course Units:

The qualification is made up of seven skills and knowledge units:

• Accounts Preparation – Principles of accounts preparation, extending the trial balance using accounting adjustments, Accounting for fixed assets.
• Prepare Final Accounts – Preparing accounts of partnerships, Prepare final accounts for sole traders.
• Costs and Revenues – Principles of costing, providing cost and revenue information.
• Indirect Tax – Principles of VAT, Preparing and completing VAT returns.
• Professional Ethics in Accounting and Finance – develops understanding of the importance of fulfilling the ethical duties of an accounting technician
• Spreadsheets – select and use a wide range of advanced spreadsheet software tools and techniques to produce, present and check spreadsheets that are complex and non-routine

AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting Entry requirements

You should hold either AAT level 2 Certificate in Accounting or an equivalent qualification.