Hi all. I am trying to get information on the aat bookkeeping qualification. From what I read on first intuitions website, there is a foundation course in which I would have to do bookkeeping transactions and bookkeeping controls. Would I get a certificate for that course?
After which there is the full aatqb which involves the units advanced bookkeeping, final accounts preperation and indirect tax. I would like to skip the foundation and go straight for the advanced certification. Can I do that? Or is the foundation certificate mandatory?
Sorry for the barrage of questions, but I have found this forum a goldmine of information and I am hoping that someone reading this can demystify a subject which is not clearly explained elsewhere. I would have thought that the aat would make their qualifications more easily researchable.
Also for my final question, does anyone know how to go about sitting the exams as an external candidate? I assume that I would register with the aat, and ring the exam centre to book a slot? Is that allowed without a training provider? Assuming that I pass the exam, do I need to notify the aat , or is that done automatically?
Again, many thanks to anyone who can provide me with any information. I guess that if I were going with a training provider life would be much easier. But unfortunately my budget won't stretch to that. I've got the aat Osborne books and the Kaplan books and I feel that I can self study the units that I need for the bookkeeping certification which is really the qualification that I want, if I decide to go on to the full aat qualification, it really is too early to say.
All the best
Jay
Hi Jay Small point but a paragraph break helps us oldies who have dodgy eyesight
Couple of questions to start with- what is your background? Have you any kind of bookkeeping or accounting knowledge? Just wondering why you would think it's a good idea to skip level 2.
-- Edited by Cheshire on Friday 20th of January 2017 10:21:29 PM
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Joanne
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I believe it is still down to the discretion of the training provider which level you can start on with the AAT if you're seeking to begin at a higher level.
You can sit exams as an external student, you'll of course need to be registered with the AAT as a student. Kaplan centres come to mind for sitting exams.
Continuing from Joanne's 'wondering' I'd be careful in omitting the earlier levels, they contain key foundations you'll definitely need going forward.
Bookkeeping, in its pure form, isn't as straight-forward as some people think!!
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I formatted the original post a lot better with paragraphs, because I am working on a mobile it seems to have 86'd them, so sorry about that.
I work as an administrator which involves a fair bit of bookkeeping and I have been studying level 2 in my spare time, so I feel confident to skip the foundation level. What I would like to know is which exams I need for aatqb.
All the best. Jay
You may feel confident but why not then just do the exams and get that level?
Or perhaps just do the skills check on the AAT and present it to your trainer as already mentioned - it's them you need to convince.
There is a whole section on what exams you need for the QB qual on the AAT website, along with the list of quite restricted services you are able to offer. Don't know the link off the top of my head, if I get a minute I will post it.
Are you a student member?
-- Edited by Cheshire on Saturday 21st of January 2017 10:41:20 PM
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Joanne
Winner of Bookkeeper of the Year 2015, 2016 & 2017
Thoughts are my own/not to be regarded as official advice,which should be sought from a suitably qualified Accountant.
You should check out answers with reference to the legal position
