PRACTICAL ACCOUNTING ACADEMY (PAA)

TARGET AUDIENCE

Undergraduates, Fresh graduates, small business owners, non-accountants interested in improving

their accounting knowledge, Accountants in small companies/start-ups.

AREAS COVERED

MODULE 1:

This module covers the following areas

  • Excel for Accountants (EFA),
  • Accounting Cycle in Practice (ACiP) &
  • Preparation of mgt. accounts

Excel for Accountants

1.) Excel - shortcuts for enhancing efficiency

  • Navigation
  • Presentation
  • Data manipulations
  • Quick access toolbar

2) Working with excel functions

  • Date and Time - date, edate, eomonth
  • Text - find, replace, substitute proper
  • Finance functions
  • IF, AND, and OR

3.) Advance features

  • Name manager
  • Tables
  • Goalseek
  • Custom format
  • Data validation

4.) Advance functions

  • Index and match
  • Small, large, max, min
  • SUMIF(S), COUNTIF(S), AVERAGEIF(S)
  • Vlookup

5.) Advance functions

  • Offset
  • Sumproduct

6.) Data analysis and visualization

  • Dynamic charts and graph
  • Pivot

7.) Case Study

This will cover the application of multiple functions that was taught during the program 

Accounting Cycle in Practice (ACiP)

The training generally involves using Microsoft Excel to show participants how the accounting cycle

works in practice. The facilitator would be making use of Microsoft Excel to carry out the following:

  • Building charts of accounts
  • Creating General Ledgers (GLs)
  • Posting common accounting transactions into the GL
  • Creating trial balance (TB)
  • Trial balance mapping
  • Introduction to period end (month-end or year-end) closure.
  • Demonstration of some accounting schedules maintained for the purpose of period end (either month-end or year-end) closure.

Preparation of management accounts

  • Income statement with variance analysis
  • Statement of financial position
  • Statement of cash flows
  • Dashboards

MODULE 2: FINANCIAL MODELLING

1.) Building a Startup Model from Scratch 

Creating a Professional Template

Gathering data needed for the financial Model Build.

Extracting assumptions for the model build. '

Building out the Calculations Worksheet.

Forecasting the three financial statements [P&L, BS, and CF].

Scenarios & Sensitivity in Financial Modeling 

2.) Investment Evaluation

Cost of Capital [WACC],

Net Present Value [NPV] and Internal Rate of Return Margins,

Ratio Analysis,

Payback Period [PBP] and

Break-Even Period

3.) Drivers of Financial Model

Extracting Historical Financials.

Analyzing the Historical Performance of a Business

Understanding drivers in Financial Modeling

4.) Restructuring and Normalization of Financial Statement

Accountant Structure & Analyst Structure of Financial Statement.

Restructuring Income Statement based on Drivers.

Restructuring Balance Sheet based on Drivers

5.) Model Assumptions and Forecasting Methods in Modeling

Model Assumptions and Forecasting Methods in Modeling

Techniques to getting assumptions for forecasting

Understanding Predictive Power of Drivers

6.) Building a 3 Statement Corporate Model from Scratch 

Forecasting Income Statement Line Item

Building out the Balance Sheet Schedules

Forecasting Balance Sheet Line Item

Financing Calculations and Circularity in Model.

Incorporating Scenarios and Sensitivity

Revolver, overdraft

Modeling Audit

MODULE 3: TAX PRACTICE

Valued Added Tax (VAT)

Introduction and general overview of Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria

Overview of the goods and services exempt from VAT

Explanation of input and output VAT VAT deduction at source and self-charge

Overview of the key changes in the Finance Act and VAT modification order

Approach to filing of VAT returns and payments

Recently decided cases on VAT in Nigeria

Case study on practical issues in VAT Preparing for tax audits relating to VAT

Withholding Tax (WHT)

Introduction and general overview of WHT in Nigeria

Understanding the applicable rate for transactions subject to WHT

Overview of transactions not liable to WHT Filing of WHT returns

Case study on practical issues in WHT

Preparing for tax audits relating to WHT

Companies' Income Tax (CIT) & Tertiary Education Tax (TEDT)

Introduction and legal bases

Taxable income, deductible expenses and tax-exempt income

Capital allowance computations - basis, rates, balancing adjustments

Basis period and the determination of assessable profits and taxable profits

Format for income tax computations

Compliance requirements (Filing requirements and payments)

Some practical and stay-awake issues

Education tax - rates, timeline for remittance

Case studies

Preparing for tax audits relating to CIT & TEDT

Personal Income Tax

Introduction to PIT

Chargeable Persons

Relevant Tax Authority and Place of Residence

Basis of Assessment

Chargeable Income and Exempted Income

Reliefs and Allowances

TRAINING DATES:

Module 1: April - May (then 1 month break in June to allow participants strengthen their knowledge of the Module and also allow those who wrote the ICAN May Diet join in)

Module 2: July (then a 1 month break in August to allow participants strengthen their knowledge of the Module)

Module 3: September

DURATION: 6 Months

TIME:

Saturdays (10am to – 2.30pm including a 30 minutes break from 12.30pm to 1pm)

Sundays (1pm to 4pm – including a 30 minutes break from 2.30pm - 3pm)

PRICE:

Virtual participants

Module 1: N25,000

Module 2: N15,000

Module 3: N10,000

If you wish to take all 3 modules you will enjoy a discount of 30% and pay N35,000

Physical participants

Module 1: N50,000

Module 2: N30,000

Module 3: N20,000

If you wish to take all 3 modules you will enjoy a discount of 30% and pay N70,000

Please see the link below to register for the upcoming training and claim your free accounting e-books and templates:

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