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Cambridge AS & A Level Accounting

ASAS Level subject content (topics 1.1-2.2)

AS Level subject content (topics 1.1-2.2) in Cambridge AS & A Level Accounting: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Assessed by Papers 1 and 2 and assumed knowledge for Papers 3 and 4.

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  • Accruals and prepayments of expenses and income in the ledger

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  • Irrecoverable (bad) debts, recoveries and allowances for doubtful debts

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  • Year-end adjustments to the draft financial statements

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  • Capital and revenue expenditure and income

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  • Job, batch and unit costing

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  • Accounting for materials and labour; just in time

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  • Cost behaviour: fixed, variable, semi-variable and stepped costs

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  • Cost terminology and the purposes of cost accounting

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  • Inventory valuation: IAS 2, FIFO and AVCO

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  • Reconciliation and verification of ledger accounts

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  • Books of prime entry and the general journal

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  • Computerised accounting systems: use, advantages, disadvantages and data security

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  • Concepts of recording: entity, historical cost, money measurement, duality, objectivity

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  • Concepts of reporting: prudence, matching, realisation, materiality, consistency, going concern, substance over form

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  • Double entry, the accounting equation and ledger accounts

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  • Sources of finance for sole traders, partnerships and companies

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  • Types of business organisation: sole trader, partnership, company

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  • Users of accounting information and their needs

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  • Absorption costing statements and profit; uses and limitations

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  • Over- and under-absorption of overheads

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AS Level subject content (topics 1.1-2.2): sample question

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