Higher Vocational Education Diploma - Accounting Consultant.

Description of the programme's content and goals After completing the programme, the student shall have knowledge of/in - How an accounting system is structured, how entries are made and which reports can be produced. - Which laws and rules govern day-to-day accounting. - Which different forms of business exist and what distinguishes them. - How tax legislation is structured and what applies to the different forms of business. - How an income tax return is prepared for the different forms of business. - Which laws and rules govern the preparation of annual accounts or an annual report. - The role of the accounting consultant and the requirements for authorisation. - Communication, presentation technique and advisory work. After completing the programme, the student shall have the skills to - Use the different parts and functions of a commonly used accounting system. - Apply the laws and rules that apply to day-to-day accounting. - Analyse and explain differences between different forms of business and give advice on advantages and disadvantages - Apply basic rules of tax legislation. - Apply the rules that apply when preparing a company's income tax return. - Apply the laws and rules that apply when preparing annual accounts or an annual report. - Carry out a consulting assignment taking into account the requirements placed on an accounting consultant. - Apply strategies and methods for communication, presentation technique and advisory work. After completing the programme, the student shall have the competence to - Independently make entries in, and produce reports from, an accounting system. - Take responsibility for applying the rules for day-to-day accounting. - Interpret applicable laws and rules regarding the choice of business form. - Independently take responsibility for applying basic rules of tax legislation. - Independently prepare a company's income tax return. - Take responsibility for applying the rules for preparing annual accounts or an annual report. - identify what is required for a consulting assignment taking into account the requirements placed on a