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ACC 159 – Accounting Simulation

Course Description:

 

Develops skills for the potential accountant to effectively prepare financial statements for presentations and income tax returns.  Emphasis is placed on providing students with opportunities for application and demonstration of skills associated with automated accounting.  Topics include: financial statement preparation, accounting system installation, automated accounting work sheet preparation, automated accounting income tax return preparation, and job search planning.

 

Competency Areas:

Hours:

Financial Statement Preparation

Class

1

Accounting System Installation

D. Lab

9

Automated Accounting Worksheet Preparation

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Automated Accounting Income Tax Return Preparation

Credit

5

 

 

 

Prerequisite: ACC 106, ACC 103, ACC 104

Corequisite: 

 

 

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D. Lab

P. Lab/

O.B.I.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT PREPARATION

2

20

0

Letters

Prepare opinion letter for presentation.

 

 

 

Balance Sheet

Prepare a balance sheet for presentation.

 

 

 

Statements

Prepare income and capital statements for presentation.

 

 

 

Formatting

Format all prepared letters, balance sheets, and statements for presentation.

 

 

 

 

Prepare acknowledgement, table of contents, index and applicable appendices for presentation

 

 

 

Binding

Bind an accounting product for presentation.

 

 

 

ACCOUNTING SYSTEM INSTALLATION

2

15

0

Capacity

Verify system hardware is capable of holding accounting software program.

 

 

 

Features

Prepare an outline of the software program features which must be installed to support requirements.

 

 

 

Install software

Install software and activate features required to support accounting work tasks.

 

 

 

Backup procedures

Understand and use backup procedures.

 

 

 

AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING WORKSHEET PRESENTATION

4

40

0

Accounts charting

Using a computer-based accounting program, establish a chart of accounts.

 

 

 

Opening balances

Using a computer-based accounting program, enter date to establish opening balances.

 

 

 

Monthly transactions

Use a computer-based accounting program to code monthly reports.

 

 

 

End of month

Use a computer-based accounting program to generate end of month reports.

 

 

 

Period-end worksheets and time reports

Prepare period-end worksheets and time reports using accounting computer-based software package with “Import” and “Export” features.

 

 

 

AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING INCOME TAX RETURN PREPARATION

2

15

0

Current year

Use a computer-based income tax program to prepare a tax return for the current year.

 

 

 

Estimated

Use a computer-based income tax program to prepare an estimated tax return for next year.

 

 

 

 

Suggdsted Resources

 

Media
(Print
Audio/Visual
Web
Other)

Note: Please adhere to the APA Formatting and Style Guidelines.
Examples:
   Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

   Duncan, G.J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Print

Horne, J. (2008). Quickbooks Pro 2006 with update 2007 and CD package. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Yacht, C. (2008). Computer Accounting with Peachtree Complete 2007. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Posted: 08/26/08