Accounting Technicians Ireland · RQF Level 5
Accounting Technicians Ireland Level 5 Diploma for Accounting Technicians
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- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits131
- Guided learning984 hours
- Units in this qualification21
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These are the units Accounting Technicians Ireland registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Advanced Accounting SkillsReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll develop advanced accounting skills to prepare workplace accounts for internal and external purposes, including statutory financial statements. The unit covers interpreting financial statements using ratio analysis and applying relevant accounting standards.
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare workplace accounts for internal purposes, such as management reports.
- Prepare workplace accounts for external purposes, such as statutory financial statements.
- Interpret financial statements using ratio analysis within the working environment to assess performance and identify trends.
- Apply appropriate accounting standards within the working environment when preparing and interpreting financial information.
- Prepare accounts from incomplete records within the working environment, using appropriate techniques to fill in missing information.
- Prepare accounts using judgement and calculating accounting estimates within the working environment, ensuring estimates are reasonable and well-supported.
- Prepare cash flow forecasts within the working environment to predict future cash inflows and outflows.
- Prepare cash flow projections within the working environment to assess the impact of different scenarios on cash flow.
Advanced Financial AccountingReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll develop knowledge of the impact of legislation, regulation, and accounting standards on financial reporting. The unit also covers ethical considerations in accounting and auditing, and the preparation of financial statements for partnerships and limited companies.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the influence of legislation, regulation and accounting standards on the production of published accounting information
- Understand the professional ethical issues relevant to the accounting and auditing business environment
- Prepare financial statements for partnerships and limited companies from complete and incomplete records
- Apply ratio analysis as a technique in decision making and performance evaluation
- Analyse, interpret and communicate financial information in a professional manner to interested parties
Advanced TaxationReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
This unit equips learners to apply HMRC administration and registration procedures for Income Tax, Corporation Tax, and VAT. You'll understand the effects of domicile and residence on tax affairs and apply Income Tax legislation to complex trade situations.
What you'll be able to do
- Apply HMRC administration and registration procedures with regard to the taxpayer for Income Tax, Corporation Tax and VAT.
- Apply the implications of domicile, residence and ordinary residence on the tax affairs of individuals.
- Apply Income Tax legislation to calculate the tax payable on income in a selection of complex trade situations.
- Apply the principles of the charge to Capital Gains Tax for UK resident individuals and companies.
- Apply Corporation Tax legislation to calculate basic taxable profits from trade and Corporation Tax Payable for a limited company.
- Apply Corporation Tax legislation in a number of complex trading situations.
- Understand the nature of Close Companies in Corporation Tax legislation.
- Apply defined procedures with regard to close company status on tax affairs of a company and associated participants.
- Apply Value Added Tax (VAT) legislation with respect to the trading activities of UK businesses in a selection of complex trade situations.
Advanced Taxation SkillsReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll learn to calculate and advise on personal and corporate taxation issues accurately. The unit includes preparing tax computations and returns, and communicating taxation matters effectively while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
What you'll be able to do
- Accurately calculate and advise on personal and corporate taxation issues within the working environment.
- Calculate relevant tax computations accurately within the working environment.
- Accurately complete tax returns within the working environment.
- Communicate effectively with interested parties on taxation issues within the working environment.
Auditing ProcessesReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
It teaches you to contribute to financial and other audits by participating in planning, evidence gathering, and analysis. You'll also implement audit recommendations and evaluate the effectiveness of new systems and procedures arising from audits.
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the planning of a financial and/or other audit within the working environment.
- Participate in the execution of a financial and/or other audit, gathering relevant evidence.
- Contribute to the analysis of audit findings and the identification of areas for improvement.
- Implement key recommendations resulting from a financial and/or other audit to improve processes and controls.
- Evaluate newly implemented systems and/or policies and procedures arising from a financial and/or other audit to determine their effectiveness and identify any further improvements needed.
Budget Preparation and ControlsReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
This unit covers budgetary planning and control within organisations. You'll understand the purpose and types of budgets, the process of setting budgets, and how budgetary control impacts organisational performance.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain how to apply budgetary planning in the working environment.
- Implement budgetary control within the working environment.
Business ManagementReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
This unit provides learners with knowledge of business management principles, including management roles, styles, and functions. You'll assess external factors such as PESTLE influences and understand planning, control, and organisational structures.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nature of management and its role and contribution to business life, including different management styles and their effectiveness.
- Understand the nature of the environment in which businesses operate, including the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) factors.
- Assess the significance of global factors and market dynamics that shape business activities, including competition and consumer behaviour.
- Understand the role of planning, control and organisation within businesses, including the importance of strategic planning and effective control mechanisms.
- Understand the nature of leadership and related motivational theories and their application in transforming business situations, including different leadership styles and their impact on employee performance.
- Understand the role and operation of the Human Resources function and of the challenges that arise within this function, including recruitment, training, and employee relations.
- Understand basic Marketing concepts and the key elements of the services marketing mix, including product, price, place, promotion, people, process and physical evidence.
- Understand the importance of Information Technology / Information Systems security measures, including data protection and cyber security.
- Know the benefits and challenges associated with using 'Cloud' technologies in a business environment, including cost savings, scalability and security risks.
- Understand the importance of business ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate governance in the modern business environment, including the impact on stakeholders and the organisation's reputation.
Essential Accounting SkillsReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll develop essential accounting skills, including performing bank and control account reconciliations and applying accounting concepts and principles. The unit covers double-entry bookkeeping and recording financial transactions within a working environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Perform bank reconciliations within the working environment to ensure the accuracy of bank balances.
- Perform other key control account reconciliations within the working environment to identify and resolve discrepancies.
- Apply accounting concepts and principles within the working environment when recording and processing financial transactions.
- Perform double entry transactions within the working environment to accurately record financial transactions in the accounting system.
Essential Taxation SkillsReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll gain essential taxation skills relevant to business entities or individuals. This includes identifying appropriate UK taxation systems and maintaining accurate records to facilitate the completion of tax returns within a working environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the appropriate taxation system applicable to the business entity or individual within the working environment
- Describe how to keep accurate records to facilitate the completion of tax returns within the working environment
Financial AccountingReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll gain an understanding of financial accounting principles, conventions, and concepts, and the role of accounting information in business decision-making. The unit covers double-entry bookkeeping and preparation of financial statements for a sole trader.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of accounting information within a business context.
- Explain the role of an accountancy professional within a business.
- Understand fundamental accounting principles.
- Understand fundamental accounting conventions.
- Understand fundamental accounting concepts.
- Apply the principles of double entry book-keeping.
- Apply the principles of accounting systems.
- Prepare financial statements for a sole trader.
- Prepare financial statements using incomplete information.
- Prepare financial statements for a not-for-profit organisation.
Integrated Accounting Systems _IAS_Real unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
It teaches you to understand and use integrated accounting systems, including setting up and amending payroll details in computerised systems. You'll also develop skills in budget planning, forecasting income and expenditure, and critically analysing financial data.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand manual payroll and know how to set up and/or amend company and employee details in a Computerised Payroll System.
- Prepare forecasts of income and expenditure and/or budget proposals and demonstrate an understanding of budget planning and control.
- Critically analyse and evaluate the information generated in Excel and produce meaningful reports.
- Analyse and/or identify information received from Inland Revenue or other regulatory authorities, employees or employers.
- Understand and demonstrate the skills and know-how to accurately calculate take home pay, PAYE/NIC on an emergency or Week 1 or cumulative basis.
- Understand double entry book-keeping and apply this understanding in the set up of an Integrated Accounting System.
- Demonstrate an understanding of double entry bookkeeping and apply this understanding in the operation of an Integrated Accounting System.
- Generate accurate and relevant reports in a timely manner.
- Analyse, interpret and be able to make changes to and operate and diagnose an Integrated Accounting System.
- Make effective use of diagnostic and creative skills by exporting relevant reports or data from an Integrated Accounting System to a spreadsheet.
- Calculate, interpret and analyse variances.
Law and EthicsReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll explore the structure and sources of the Northern Ireland legal system, methods of company cessation, corporate law offences, and corporate governance. The unit also covers legal obligations related to financial information and compliance.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure and sources of the Northern Ireland legal system.
- Understand the various methods that lead to a company ceasing business.
- Understand the main corporate law offences.
- Understand the role of corporate governance.
- Understand the legal obligations imposed upon persons dealing with financial information.
- Understand Data Protection Legislation and the requirements for storing and processing personal data.
- Understand the role of the Information Commissioner.
- Understand the law on the formation and discharge of a contract.
- Understand the key principles of employment law.
- Understand the legislation governing dismissal.
- Understand the legislation governing redundancy.
- Understand the key principles of the law of agency.
- Understand the legislation governing the creation of an agency relationship.
- Understand the legislation governing the termination of an agency relationship.
- Know the key provisions of the relevant consumer protection law.
- Understand the impact of consumer protection law on consumer protection.
- Understand the key principles of the tort of negligence.
- Understand the principles of the law of partnership.
- Understand the nature and formation of a company.
- Understand the principles in relation to share and loan capital.
- Understand the rights and responsibilities of how a company is managed.
Law in BusinessReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll understand and apply employment law and contract law requirements within a business context. The unit also covers fundamental principles of company law, enabling learners to identify legal responsibilities and apply legal principles to workplace scenarios.
What you'll be able to do
- Apply the requirements of employment law in the working environment.
- Apply the requirements of contract law.
- Understand the requirements of company law.
Maintaining Accounting SystemsReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
This unit develops learners' ability to operate and maintain a computerised accounting system. You'll accurately input data, maintain data integrity, generate reports, and perform routine maintenance tasks within a working environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Operate and maintain a computerised accounting system within the working environment.
Maintaining Statutory ComplianceReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll develop knowledge and skills to maintain statutory compliance in the workplace, covering accounting, health and safety, and data protection legislation. The unit emphasises applying relevant regulations and ethical codes within workplace practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Apply statutory accounting requirements to workplace practices, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.
- Apply health and safety requirements to workplace practices, ensuring a safe working environment for all employees and stakeholders.
- Apply data protection legislation to workplace practices, ensuring the privacy and security of personal data.
- Understand and comply with the Accounting Technicians Ireland Code of Ethics within the working environment, maintaining professional standards and integrity.
Management AccountingReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
This unit provides learners with an understanding of management accounting principles and techniques. You'll apply variance analysis and marginal costing, prepare information for decision-making, and comprehend business and organisational planning processes.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nature, role and purpose of management accounting in organisations
- Apply variance analysis techniques to management accounting data
- Apply marginal costing techniques to management accounting data
- Prepare information for management decision making, using appropriate management accounting techniques
- Understand business and organisational planning, control and decision making processes
- Apply costing techniques and systems in a range of business scenarios
- Apply costing principles for materials
- Apply costing principles for labour
- Apply costing principles for overheads
- Apply activity based costing techniques
- Apply the principles of budgeting and prepare budgetary forecasts
- Apply the principles of standard costing
Management and Cost AccountingReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll understand and apply costing techniques and record cost information accurately within an organisation. The unit supports generating product and service costs and assisting decision-making processes using management and cost accounting principles.
What you'll be able to do
- Apply costing techniques within the working environment, in accordance with organisational procedures.
- Record information accurately for costing systems within the working environment.
- Generate appropriate product and service costs within the working environment, using relevant costing techniques.
- Assist with decision making processes within the working environment, by providing relevant cost information.
Payroll SkillsReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
It teaches you to use payroll systems effectively, apply employment law relevant to payroll, and accurately calculate pay and deductions. You'll also develop skills to produce payroll reports and demonstrate awareness of payroll compliance within a working environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Use a payroll system effectively within the working environment to process payroll accurately and efficiently.
- Apply employment law from a payroll perspective to ensure compliance with relevant legislation.
- Accurately calculate pay within the working environment, including gross pay, deductions, and net pay.
- Produce payroll reports within the working environment to provide information on payroll costs and employee earnings.
- Demonstrate an awareness of employer duties within the working environment related to payroll, such as tax and National Insurance obligations.
Personal Development for Accounting TechniciansReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
You'll learn to monitor and evaluate their own performance and learning within the workplace. The unit supports the development of personal learning plans to update work-based skills and knowledge, enhancing overall professional effectiveness.
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor own performance in the workplace to identify areas for improvement.
- Evaluate own learning and development activities to assess their effectiveness.
- Develop own learning plan to address identified skills and knowledge gaps.
- Improve own performance by applying new skills and knowledge gained through learning.
- Maintain up-to-date work-based skills and knowledge through continuous professional development.
TaxationReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
This unit provides learners with knowledge of the UK taxation system, focusing on income tax and VAT administration. You'll comply with HMRC codes of practice, calculate taxable income from employment, and apply relevant tax legislation.
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with HMRC codes of practice with respect to the assessment and collection of income tax.
- Comply with HMRC codes of practice with respect to the assessment and collection of VAT.
- Explain how the UK system for the administration for income tax operates for individuals and businesses.
- Explain how the UK system for the administration for VAT operates for individuals and businesses.
- Calculate taxable income arising from employment.
- Apply income tax regulations as they apply to employed individuals.
- Apply income tax regulations as they apply to self-employed individuals.
- Prepare non-complex income tax computations.
- Calculate taxable income arising from self-employment.
- Apply the principles of the taxation of property income.
- Calculate the scope and application of PAYE.
- Accurately calculate National Insurance Contributions.
- Apply VAT regulations.
Using Information TechnologyReal unit · Accounting Technicians Ireland
This unit develops learners’ competence in using information technology tools, including word processing, spreadsheets, and online systems. You'll create and format documents, perform calculations, and utilise online resources effectively in a working environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Operate a word processing package competently within the working environment.
- Use a spreadsheet package competently within the working environment.
- Use online systems effectively within the working environment.
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Accounting Technicians Ireland Level 5 Diploma for Accounting Technicians
- Calculate Personal Tax
- Conduct Payroll
- Draft Budgets
- Manage payroll costs for your team
- Monitor and record the costs of the production
- Prepare and manage budgets for scientific or technical workplace activities
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Calculate Personal TaxConduct PayrollDraft BudgetsManage payroll costs for your teamMonitor and record the costs of the productionPrepare and manage budgets for scientific or technical workplace activities
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Learners will develop advanced accounting skills to prepare workplace accounts for internal and external purposes, including statutory financial statements. The unit covers interpreting financial statements using ratio analysis and applying relevant accounting standards.
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Built for Accounting Technicians Ireland Level 5 Diploma for Accounting Technicians
21 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Accounting Technicians Ireland.
- Advanced Accounting Skills
- Advanced Financial Accounting
- Advanced Taxation
- Advanced Taxation Skills
- Auditing Processes
- Budget Preparation and Controls
and 15 more in the full unit list below.
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