Diploma of Accounting

The Diploma of Accounting will build on your basic accounting knowledge to provide a solid foundation for your next career move.

You will learn how to prepare corporate reports, manage and forecast budgets, prepare tax documentation, and analyse complex problems.

Upon graduation, you will be ready to pursue an accounting support role or continue your studies to a higher level.

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In the Diploma of Accounting students learn to prepare corporate reports, manage budgets, prepare tax documentation, apply solutions to a range of often complex problems and analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. After successfully completing this course, students may wish to continue their studies with the Advanced Diploma of Accounting (FNS60217) or pathway to higher education.

International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.

To obtain this qualification, students must satisfy the entry requirements and complete 11 units, including 6 core and 5 elective units. The full-time course will be delivered face-to-face in the classroom in one semester of 16-18 weeks duration. The part-time course will be delivered face-to-face in two semesters, each of 16-18 weeks duration. Two of the elective units are pre-requisite units carried forward from the FNS40615 Certificate IV in Accounting or FNS40215 Certificate IV in Bookkeeping.

Units of study

Provide financial and business performance information (FNSACC511)

Prepare tax documentation for individuals (FNSACC512) *

Manage budgets and forecasts (FNSACC513)

Prepare financial reports for corporate entities (FNSACC514) **

Implement and maintain internal control procedures (FNSACC516)

* Unit included in the Tax Practitioners Board approved course in Australian taxation law: Taxation Law for Tax Agents Skill Set (Tax documentation) (FNSSS00008)

** Prerequisite required

Process financial transactions and extract interim reports (FNSACC311) Previously completed in the FNS40615 Certificate IV in Accounting or FNS40215 Certificate IV in Bookkeeping

Prepare financial reports (BSBFIA401) Previously completed in the FNS40615 Certificate IV in Accounting or FNS40215 Certificate IV in Bookkeeping

Apply legal principles in contract and consumer law*** (FNSTPB503)

Develop and use complex spreadsheets (BSBITU402)

Establish and maintain accounting information systems (FNSACC505)

*** Unit included in the Tax Practitioners Board approved course in commercial law: FNSSS00005 Commercial Law for Tax Agents Skill Set

This qualification builds on fundamental accounting knowledge to enable students to pursue a career in an accounting support role or continue their studies to a higher level. Students gain knowledge in internal control procedures, providing management accounting information, preparing tax documentation, corporate reporting and budget forecasting.

Free TAFE! You could have your tuition fees for this course covered in 2020 thanks to the Victorian Government's Free TAFE for Priority Courses initiative. Find out about your eligibility for Free TAFE.