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Want to become an Accredited Bookkeeper and a BAS Agent?

Look no further — you've come to the right place!

This accredited course has been designed by Bookkeepers for Bookkeepers.

Take a class — or study at home. It's your choice.

 

FNS40207 Certificate IV in Financial Services (Bookkeeping)

This nationally accredited qualification has been developed for Bookkeepers by Bookkeepers. The Bookkeeping Institute of Australia (BIA) has written the first ever training course for this qualification and was the first training institute in Australia to deliver the qualification in October 2007. It has already been has been proven in the field with over 180 students undertaking the BIA Certificate courses.

This course is for people who wish to have a career as an employed bookkeeper or as professional contract bookkeeper, either working as a BAS Agent or contracted to a BAS Agent.

Exclusive to BIA

This is the only Cert IV Bookkeeping course available in Australia which awards you, the graduate, with:

  • The exclusive right to use the post-nominal letters MBIA - which stands for Member, Bookkeeping Institute of Australia - after your name

  • The right to call yourself an Accredited Bookkeeper and to use the post-nominal letters AB after your name and to use the "BIA Accredited Bookkeeper" logo on your letterhead and business cards

  • Free membership of the Bookkeeping Institute of Australia which includes use the BIA Member logo on your business cards and stationary and access to the student members web site

  • Your name and business details will be promoted on an exclusive page of the BIA web site

                                 

In addition BIA will:

  • Immediately (only if you so wish), arrange for you to have the option of working under the direction of a Register Tax Agent so that you can become legal to lodge BAS returns as a BAS Service Provider under the current 251L law right away — thereby enabling you to start earning a living right away

  • Provide you with FREE membership of the Australian Bookkeepers Network - Australia leading bookkeeper association - for 90 days

  • Help you with guidelines as to how to become legal under the new BAS Agents law which requires you to have 1400 hours of relevant BAS and GST experience

  • Provide you with knowledgeable advice and support on the bookkeeping industry and the new laws

  • Arrange for you to receive free student membership of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) — the only professional Not-for-Profit bookkeeping association in Australia

  • Provide you with a complete 5 day MYOB course as part of your course fee

  • Provide you with Bookkeeping and GST textbooks which you will find essential in your own going employment or business

No other Cert IV Bookkeeping course provides all of these features and offers you the security of graduating from the leading Bookkeeping Institute in Australia - become a BIA graduate and give yourself that extra edge when applying for a bookkeeping job or trying to land that new client.


Full Course Fee $4,495

Less up-front payment Discount of $500 = $3,995 course fee

OR . . . Less distance Learning discount of $1,000 =$3,495 ONLY

Next Distance Intake: Anytime


Pay Monthly: Choose this option if you would like take a classroom course and pay only $899 per month over 5 months (not available for distance learners)

Option only available for Visa or Mastercard credit card payments • Call for full details


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BI-575/FNS40207 BIA Certificate IV in Financial Services (Bookkeeping)

This is a 16 day course which includes comprehensive bookkeeping training using MYOB and the FNS40207 BIA Certificate IV in Financial Services (Bookkeeping) which is an Australia wide accredited qualification.

Competence is demonstrated by both multiple choice & short answer theory questions and the successful completion of an open book assessment designed to test the students ability to complete a set of monthly and quarterly accounts, including bank reconciliations.


Check out the Cert IV Timetables tab for date and location of the next Classroom Intake


The Units

The Bookkeeping Institute of Australia have carefully chosen the units in this unique qualification to ensure that our graduates are competent to be employed in a bookkeeping and clerical accounting role.

Included in the delivery of this qualification is our all of the modules in our 5 day BI-650 MYOB Accounting Plus and our BI-560 Introduction to Bookkeeping and Accounting courses.


The Assessments

The assessments are designed to prove competency in the following accredited units:

GROUP ONE – WORKPLACE BASICS

  1. FNSICGEN304B - Apply health and safety practices in the workplace

  2. FNSICGEN302B - Use technology in the workplace

GROUP TWO – ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A BOOKKEEPING SYSTEM

  1. FNSICGEN301B - Communicate in the workplace

  2. FNSBKPG402A - Establish and maintain a Cash Accounting System

  3. FNSBKPG403A - Establish and maintain an Accrual Accounting System

  4. FNSACCT407B - Set up and operate a computerised Accounting System

  5. FNSBKPG405A - Establish and maintain a payroll system

  6. FNSACCT405B - Prepare financial statements

GROUP THREE — PART ONE – BOOKKEEPING POLICIES AND PRACTICES

  1. FNSICIND401B - Apply principles of professional practice to work in the financial services industry

  2. FNSBKPG401A - Develop and implement policies and practices relevant to bookkeeping activities

GROUP THREE — PART TWO – END-OF-PERIOD FINANCIAL REPORTS & ACTIVITY STATEMENTS

  1. FNSACCT406B - Maintain asset and inventory records

  2. BSBADM408A - Prepare financial reports

  3. FNSBKPG404A - Carry out Business Activity and Instalment Activity Statement tasks

The Bookkeeping Institute of Australia is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), national provider code is 32190, registered under the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF). The "Nationally Recognised Training" logo above is proof that all of the units on this course are nationally recognised as accredited training.


The Groups

GROUP ONE – WORKPLACE BASICS covers two of the industry core subjects, FNSICGEN304B - Apply health and safety practices in the workplace and FNSICGEN302B - Use technology in the workplace which are mandatory subjects for all Financial Services qualifications at any level.

The nine units in GROUP TWO – ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A BOOKKEEPING SYSTEM are assessed as a single group cluster thus enabling us to teach all of the units in as a single subject. Consequently we do not have to duplicate any of our training or assessments thus dramatically reducing the teaching time in comparison with a TAFE college which teaches one unit at a time.

The two units in GROUP THREE — PART ONE – BOOKKEEPING POLICIES AND PRACTICES and the three units in GROUP THREE — PART TWO – END-OF-PERIOD FINANCIAL REPORTS & ACTIVITY STATEMENTS