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Accounting

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Why study Accounting

  • Accounting is a very useful subject for those who want to study any business related degrees in college, such as Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business Studies, Economics and Law.
  • Accounting is a very important subject to have studied if you want to set up your own business
  • Accounting is a subject that we can use in everyday life, such as budgeting our money

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Subject Overview

  • The course offers both Higher and Ordinary options for examination.

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  • The Accounting course is numerically based but theory is also covered.

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  • Theory generally accounts for 15% of the entire course.

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  • Small percentage of the course is theory so accommodates students who find it difficult to learn off large pieces of text.

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Subject Overview

  • Junior Certificate Business is not a requirement for Leaving Certificate Accounting but can be an advantage.

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  • Easily accessible for students who enjoyed accounting as part of Junior Cycle Business.

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  • Accounting offers students who are confident in Mathematics an opportunity to excel in a similar subject.

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  • The course offers a hard working student the real possibility of a high grade.

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2023 Exam Results

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Content and Coursework

The Leaving Certificate Course is divided up between two key areas of Accountancy;

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  1. Financial Accounting – This involves the preparation, recording, presentation and analysis of financial information.
  2. Management Accounting – This involves learning how to analyse business costs and prepare budgets.

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Different Topics Studied

  • Final Accounts (Worth 30% of the ENTIRE paper) and is guaranteed to come up every year!!
  • Analysis and Interpretation of accounts: Is guaranteed to come up every year
  • Budgets are also guaranteed to come up every year
  • Farm Accounts
  • Club Accounts
  • Cash Flow Statements
  • Suspense Accounts
  • Incomplete Records

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Assessment at Leaving Certificate

  • The exam is worth 100% of the grade awarded
  • Students have 3 x hours to complete
  • Answer 4 questions on the paper

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Career Options

  • Management Accountant
  • Financial Accountant
  • Taxation
  • Auditing
  • Entrepreneur
  • Banking
  • Insurance

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Career Options & Annual Salary