An essential course to develop the foundations of accounting principles and practices. The program will prepare graduates with a range of accounting skills necessary to be successful in a business accounting environment. The areas covered in this qualification include business accounting practice, accounting principles, and accounting legal and statutory requirements. The Certificate IV in Accounting is designed for those who have little to no accounting experience and seek a career in an accounting department or who intend to study at the diploma or degree level in the future. This qualification is designed to give students the ability to process business tax requirements, apply cost management techniques, prepare budgets, maintain asset and inventory records, administer accounts and ledgers, establish and maintain payroll, prepare financial statements and carry out business activity statement (BAS) tasks. A key component of ASAF is that all students will undertake 140 industry work placement hours in a business enterprise as part of this course.

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