Course Title: Maintain financial records

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2008

Course Code: ACCT5180C

Course Title: Maintain financial records

School: 650T TAFE Business

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4169 - Certificate IV in Financial Services (Accounting)

Course Contact : Angelo Sellan

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99255460

Course Contact Email:Angelo.Sellan@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Angelo Sellan
Angelo.Sellan@rmit.edu.au

Susan Naser 9925 5484

David Turner 9925 5484

Pat Ragozzino 992 55484

Nominal Hours: 60

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

This Unit of Competency is taught in conjunction with:
FNSICACC304B Prepare and bank receipts [ACCT5197C]
FSNICACC306B Process journal entries [ACCT5198C]

Course Description

This unit covers the maintenance of financial records for a business. It includes activities such as the maintenance of daily financial records, including reconciling debtors’ and creditors’ systems and preparing a maintaining a general ledger and preparing a trial balance. It also includes activities associated with the monitoring of cash control for accounting purposes.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	BSBCMN308A Maintain financial records
Element:	Maintain daily financial records
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Daily financial records are maintained correctly and in accordance with organisational requirements for accounting purposes 1.2 Discrepancies or errors in documentation or transactions are identified and rectified or referred to designated persons in accordance with organisational requirements 1.3 Credit and debit transactions are accurately and promptly entered into journals in accordance with organisational requirements
Element:	Maintain general ledger
Performance Criteria:	2.1 General ledger is maintained in accordance with organisational requirements 2.2 Transactions are posted into the general ledger in accordance with organisational reporting requirements 2.3 Debtors' and creditors' systems are reconciled with general ledger 2.4 Trial balance is accurately prepared from general ledger in accordance with organisational requirements
Element:	Monitor cash control
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Cash flow is accurately accounted for in accordance with organisational requirements 3.2 Payments are made and received in accordance with organisational requirements 3.3 Outstanding accounts are collected or followed up within designated timelines 3.4 Payment documentation is checked for accuracy of information and despatched to creditors within designated timeline

Learning Outcomes

Details of Learning Activities

Students will be expected to complete practical exercises both during the class time and at home to build on the skills required to successfully complete these units. They will include manual processing and using a computerised accounting package which simulates a working environment.
The use of MYOB as an example of a computerised accounting package is included in this unit although it does NOT constitute part of the assessment as the use of MYOB will be assessed in FNSACCT407B Set up and operate a computerised accounting package.
The practical/simulation tests will be used to gauge the level of understanding of the units and a number score will result from these activities.

Teaching Schedule

Weekly Program

Week beginning	Topics Covered	Assessment Program	Relevant Course Reference
Week 1 – 11th February	Elements of Accounting, Statement of Financial Position
Week 2 – 18th February	Chart of Accounts, Business documents, Internal Control, legislative requirements
Week 3 – 25th February	Business documents and journals
Week 4 – 3rd March	Ledger accounts and the trial balance	Test One: Underpinning knowledge Concepts and environment. (10%)
Week 5 – 10th March	Ledger accounts and the trial balance
Week 6 – 17th March, 24th March	Ledger accounts and the trial balance	Test Two: Prepare journals (15%)
	Mid-semester break 20th March to 26th March 2008
Week 7 – 31st March	Complete journals and maintain manual accounting records
Week 8 – 7th April	Complete journals and maintain computerised accounting records
Week 9 – 14th April	Bank Reconciliation	Test Three: Post journals (25%)	BSBCMN308A/03
Week 10 – 21st April	Computerized Cash Accounts & Banking		BSBCMN308A/03
Week 11 –28th April	Error correction, manual and computerised.		BSBCMN308A/01
Week 12 – 5th May	Petty Cash	Test Four: Cash and Bank Reconciliation (15%)
Week 13 – 12th May	Debtors and creditors subsidiary ledgers		BSBCMN308A/02
Week 14 – 19th May	Debtors and creditors subsidiary ledgers	Test Five: Errors and Petty Cash (15%)	BSBCMN308A/02
Week 15 –26th May	Computerised Debtors and creditors subsidiary ledgers		BSBCMN308A/02
Week 16 –2nd June	Computerised Debtors and creditors subsidiary ledgers		BSBCMN308A/02
Week 17 – 9th June	Revision	Test Six: Subsidiary ledgers (20%)
Week 18 – 16th June	Resubmissions and review

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

TAFE Accounting to Trial Balance  Mroczkowski, Fleay, Poustie and Yates 9th Edition Thomson	9780170128797
Computer Accounting a systematic approach. Euan Sutherland Pearson Ed 2008

References

Other Resources

Overview of Assessment

This unit is co-assessed with FNSICACC304B Prepare and bank receipts [ACCT5197C] and FSNICACC306B Process journal entries [ACCT5198C].
The assessment for this cluster is a series of tests and a folio of evidence. The “folio of evidence” is a collection of exercises which may have been completed during the classes and then submitted to support the grade of competent. The tests will then be used to allocate a number grade which is only available after the folio has been deemed competent. It is through the results of the tests that students will receive an indication of their progress.

Assessment Tasks

The first practical assessment/test will assess some of the underpinning knowledge required for the unit BSBCMN308A, including relevant legislation from all levels of Government, organisational policies and procedures, identification of source documents, the chart of accounts, principles of double entry bookkeeping and accrual accounting.
Test Two will assess your understanding of source documents and the preparation of specialised journals.
Test Three will assess your understanding of double entry accounting by testing your ability to process transactions from specialised and general journals into general ledger accounts.
Test Four is the only assessment for FNSICACC304B- Prepare and bank receipts, and will combine the preparation of a bank reconciliation statement with the preparation of banking documents.
Test Five will assess your ability to correct errors, through the use of general journals and the process for recording petty cash.
The final assessment, Test Six will test your ability to maintain a general ledger with subsidiary ledger accounts for debtors and creditors.
The program of tests is designed to build on the practical exercises submitted as the folio of evidence, and be used to guarantee the student’s understanding of the concepts presented. These will be closed book requiring application of the practical skills developed during the semester.
A Folio of Evidence will need to be created during the semester and will be submitted and must be considered satisfactory before a result for these units can be given.
A mark of greater than 50% in total is required to be deemed Competent for the unit. Resit opportunities will be available during week seventeen (test one to five) and eighteen (test six).

Assessment Matrix

	Folio of evidence	Resubmission Available	Practical tests
Maintain financial records BSBCMN308A/1. Maintain daily financial records	Yes	Yes	Test 5
Maintain financial records BSBCMN308A/2. Maintain general ledger	Yes	Yes	Test 3, Test 6
Maintain financial records BSBCMN308A/3. Monitor cash control	Yes	Yes	Test 5

Other Information

It is expected that students will complete the tasks as specified, either in the class or elsewhere, but they MUST attend for the tests in the times as specified.
Special Consideration
Special Consideration is a process that enables the University to take account of unexpected circumstances such as illness, injury or bereavement that affect a student’s performance in assessment. You must apply no later than two working days after the examination/assessment that has been affected. You must complete the Special Consideration Application Form and lodge the original and one photocopy at the Hub. Forms are available from the Student Hub on Level 3 or from http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration

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