Been away for a while assessing my course options. I started with ICB and nearly completed level 1 bookkeeping when I decided that AAT was the better option for my goal so swapped over. I was studying ICB with Ideal Schools and now I'm studying AAT level one business accounting with Kaplan.
Anyway, I had already bought the Kaplan ICB bookkeeping beginner/intermediate book when studying for the ICB exam and last week when I switched, I bought the Kaplan AAT Business Accounting 1 book as I'm studying via distance learning.
The two books are exactly the same except for the covers. They have the same excercises and the same instructional text. As the ICB book goes to intermediate level it has more but something tells me Kapan's AAT BA2 book will just be the second half of the ICB book in a different cover. Even the chapter names and ordering are almost identical.
Talk about cheek!!! I still prefer the AAT to ICB so not bothered really about the duplication, or the extra cost, I just find it hilarious that these two books are so alike.
As such I'm whizzing through the AAT course as it is exactly what I studied for the ICB. Does this mean that there is very little difference between AAT BA1 and 2 exams and ICB level 1 and 2 manual bookkeeping exams?
-- Edited by Scotchpie on Wednesday 25th of August 2010 06:47:06 PM
-- Edited by Scotchpie on Wednesday 25th of August 2010 06:48:32 PM
-- Edited by Scotchpie on Wednesday 25th of August 2010 06:48:51 PM
ICB and AAT do follow the same routes, although they differ slightly, I believe, in that ICB covers more on the Credits and Debits and the VAT, AAT covers more on the higher taxation (although at Level 2 I don't think you will notice this).
Just out of curiosity, what made you change your mind?
James
-- Edited by ICBUK on Thursday 26th of August 2010 09:39:00 AM
Just out of curiosity, what made you change your mind?
Basically I decided to concentrate more on management accounts.
With AAT, I can get exemptions from CIMA as it covers the basics of costing and corporate strategy.
Though I could have started the CIMA foundation course, the AAT course is more demanding and will in my opinion provide a better foundation for the CIMA management and strategic professional levels than the certificate level currently does.
As far as I'm aware, ICB is not recognised by CIMA even for the financial accounts part of the foundation certificate as there is no management accounts in the syllabus.
-- Edited by Scotchpie on Thursday 26th of August 2010 01:42:07 PM
