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AAT Essentials: Budgeting

AAT Essentials

Increase your knowledge of accountancy through this internet course. It explores what a budget is, benefits of budgeting and how to prepare operational budgets.

AAT Essentials: Budgeting

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AAT Essentials: Budgeting

Duration: 4 hrs

Retakes: Unlimited

Overview

This qualification is aimed at anyone working in, or looking to work in, a role that involves dealing with costs, estimates and budgets. The course is ideal for anyone who has no previous financial training or accounting experience but requires this for their role or career, and for anyone who wants to increase their accountancy knowledge for personal reasons.


Section 1: An Introduction to Budgeting

  • What a budget is
  • The benefits of budgeting
  • Approaches to budget setting

Section 2: Preparing Operational Budgets

  • The types of budget that can be prepared and their uses
  • The benefits of budgeting
  • How to prepare operational budgets

Section 3: Cash Flow Forecasting

  • The importance of cash flow forecasting
  • How to prepare cash flow forecasts
  • The role of the capital expenditure budget

Section 4: Budgets as a Control Mechanism

  • How divisional performance can be evaluated using budgets
  • What a variance is
  • Possible causes of variances

Course Syllabus

AAT Essentials: Budgeting

Increase your knowledge of accountancy through this internet course. It explores what a budget is, benefits of budgeting and how to prepare operational budgets.

£109.00

+VAT

Buy now
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