
AAT Level 2 Accounting
Start your AAT journey and gain the accounting fundamentals and business acumen to begin your accountancy career. With the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting, you’ll build a foundation in accounting and financial administration skills.

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Course overview
Master day-to-day financial skills.
Sharpen your accounting skills, master financial transactions, and learn double-entry bookkeeping, all while building confidence in using accounting software. With our AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting course you’ll also learn core skills in costing, sales, and purchase ledgers, while gaining new perspectives into business practices to prepare you for junior accounting roles.
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- Online from £285.00Online Live from £380.00All courses Inc VAT and excludes exams
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Compulsory papers
Business Environment Synoptic Assessment (BESY)
Delivers an understanding of key business concepts and their application in external and internal environments. Covers an understanding of the legal system, principles of contract law and implications of setting up a business, alongside wider business issues.- Course Book
- Exam Practice Kit
- VLE
Introduction to Bookkeeping (ITBK)
Provides an understanding of manual and digital bookkeeping systems, including associated documents and processes. Introduces the double-entry bookkeeping system and covers how to check the accuracy of invoices, credit notes, remittance advices, statements of account and petty cash vouchers.- Course Book
- Exam Practice Kit
- VLE
Principles of Bookkeeping Controls (POBC)
Builds on knowledge acquired from Introduction to Bookkeeping and explores control accounts, journals and reconciliations. Reviews the processes used to verify and validate entries while understanding use of the journal in relation to redrafting the trial balance, following initial adjustments.- Course Book
- Exam Practice Kit
- VLE
Principles of Costing (PCTN)
Offers an introduction to the principles of basic costing, alongside the skills required for complex costing and management accounting. Learn the importance of the costing system as a source of information that allows decision making and cost control.- Course Book
- Exam Practice Kit
- VLE
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The AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting is equivalent to a GCSE qualification. This level is an entry point for those new to accounting looking to enter the field and leads to further AAT levels.
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