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AAT Study Support: Level 3 Advanced Bookkeeping and Final Accounts

A Mai Studies study-support programme for learners working towards AAT Level 3 assessments. Each module contains original notes, worked adjustments, a classroom transcript, a practical activity with a worked solution, mock questions with explanations and a marked assignment. Mai Studies is an independent provider and is not AAT or an AAT Approved Training Provider. You register with AAT and sit the assessment at an AAT approved assessment venue.

10 weeks 60 guided hours Intermediate

Included with Mai Studies membership at no extra cost. Fee waivers are available through scholarships and open access.

AAT Study Support: Level 3 Advanced Bookkeeping and Final Accounts course artwork

What you will achieve

  • Account for non-current assets, depreciation and disposals
  • Apply accruals and prepayments at the year end
  • Complete an extended trial balance and correct errors
  • Prepare final accounts for a sole trader
  • Prepare partnership accounts including appropriation
  • Apply professional ethics to everyday bookkeeping decisions

Entry guidance

  • โ€” Confident with double entry and control accounts
  • โ€” Level 2 bookkeeping knowledge or equivalent experience
  • โ€” Around six study hours each week

Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.

Programme syllabus

6 applied modules

01

Non-current assets and the asset register

Recognising, depreciating and disposing of assets, and keeping the register that proves them.

02

Accruals, prepayments and the extended trial balance

Matching income and expense to the right period and carrying the adjustments through the ETB.

03

Final accounts for sole traders

Turning an adjusted trial balance into a statement of profit or loss and a statement of financial position.

04

Partnership accounts

Accounting for more than one owner, including appropriation, current accounts and changes in the partnership.

05

Errors, suspense accounts and corrections

Finding what went wrong, correcting it by journal, and understanding the effect on profit.

06

Ethics and professional behaviour

Applying the fundamental principles when the pressure is real.