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Certificates: Certificate "Consultant for balance sheet accounting"
Statistics" certificate -
Additional Certificates: Certificate "Fundamentals of Controlling"
Certificate "Balance sheet accounting with DATEV"
DATEV training partner certificates of attendance -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
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Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 16 Weeks
Controlling basics
Introduction to controlling (approx. 1.5 days)
Controlling as part of the management process
Overview of the various controlling instruments and methods
Strategic and operational controlling
Cost accounting and cost management (approx. 3.5 days)
Introduction to cost and activity accounting
Cost element accounting
Cost center accounting
Cost unit accounting
Cost accounting systems (approx. 3 days)
Actual, normal and planned cost accounting
Partial and full cost accounting
Activity-based costing
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Corporate planning and budgeting (approx. 4 days)
budget planning
Liquidity planning
investment planning
Key figures and key figure systems (approx. 3 days)
Contribution margin
Balanced scorecard
Reporting (approx. 2 days)
reporting
BWA
Data protection in controlling
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Balance sheet accounting with DATEV
National accounting (HGB) (approx. 10 days)
Interim and annual financial statements and management report
The monthly/annual financial statements: Balance sheet and income statement
Overview of annual financial statements and P&L
Fundamentals of tax law, commercial law and company law
Postings required to prepare for accounting with DATEV
Accounting and valuation - asset accounting and annual financial statements with DATEV
Creating a company report/balance sheet report with DATEV
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
International Accounting (IAS/IFRS) (approx. 7 days)
Why international accounting?
The shortcomings of the HGB Investor protection and the principle of prudence
Differences between HGB/IAS
The first introduction in 1998 and the extended introduction in 2005 - The ten-point program
Structure of the IAS and its bodies: conception and implementation
Fair value (IFRS 13) with DATEV
Accounting for fixed assets (IAS 16) with DATEV
Investment property - Investment property (IAS 40) with DATEV
Leasing (IFRS 16) with DATEV
Intangible assets and development costs (IAS 38) with DATEV
Financial assets and liabilities (IAS 37) with DATEV
Segment reporting and cash flow statement - Statement of comprehensive income with DATEV
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Tax law and business taxation with DATEV
Introduction to taxation (approx. 0.5 days)
Classification of taxes
Tax laws
Implementing regulations
Administrative instructions
Working with tax laws
Tax Code (approx. 2 days)
Basics of the tax code
Legal bases of the AO
Responsibility of the tax offices
Definition and notification of administrative acts
Deadlines and dates
Tax obligations, taxpayers
Accounting, record-keeping and tax declaration obligations
Tax returns, tax assessment, tax assessment
Legal remedies
Objection
Valuation law (approx. 1 day)
Basics of the valuation law
Standard valuation
Needs assessment
Material value method
Comparative value method
Income capitalization approach
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Recording and calculating income tax with DATEV (approx. 5 days)
Income tax basics
Legal bases of income tax
Personal tax liability
Material tax liability
Determination of taxable income
Income tax return forms and attachments in DATEV
Understanding the DATEV income tax program structure
Creating a new client in DATEV Income Tax
Separate and uniform assessment (approx. 0.5 days)
Basics of separate and uniform assessment
Forms and attachments of the P&L in DATEV
Recording and calculating corporate income tax with DATEV (approx. 3 days)
Corporate income tax basics
Legal bases of corporation tax
Corporate tax liability
Determination of taxable income
Forms and attachments for corporate tax returns in DATEV
Understanding the DATEV corporation tax program structure
Fiscal processes Workflows for the preparation of annual financial statements with DATEV
Transferring data from the annual financial statements to corporation tax
Income tax (approx. 1 day)
Payroll tax basics
Definitions of terms
Wage tax deduction
Wage tax classes
Flat-rate wage tax
Wage tax registration
Trade tax (approx. 2 days)
Basics of trade tax
Legal bases of trade tax
Administration of trade tax
Trade tax liability
Taxation bases
Calculation of trade tax
Forms and attachments for the trade tax return in DATEV
Understanding the DATEV trade tax program structure
Value added tax (approx. 3 days)
Basics of value added tax
Legal sources of VAT
Taxable services
Exchange of services
Intra-Community acquisition
Taxable import
Tax exemptions
Place of supply
Basis of assessment
Tax rates, invoices, input tax deduction
Tax liability and tax debtors
Advance VAT return and advance VAT payment
Tax calculation
Application for permanent extension
Small business taxation
Forms and attachments for the VAT return in DATEV
Understanding the DATEV sales tax program structure
Project work (approx. 2 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Statistics
Statistical basics (approx. 6 days)
Measurement theory basics (population and sample, sample types, measurement and scale levels)
Univariate descriptive statistics (frequency distributions, central measures, measures of dispersion, standard value, histograms, bar charts, pie charts, line charts and box plots)
Bivariate descriptive statistics (measures of correlation, correlation coefficients, crosstabs, scatter plots and grouped bar charts)
Basics of inductive inferential statistics (probability distribution, normal distribution, mean value distribution, significance test, Fisher's null hypothesis test, effect size, parameter estimation, confidence intervals, error bar charts, power analyses and determining the optimum sample size)
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Methods for comparing two groups (approx. 5 days)
z- and t-test for a sample (deviation from a specified value)
t-test for the mean difference between two independent/connected samples
Testing the effectiveness of actions, measures, interventions and other changes with t-tests (pretest-posttest designs with two groups)
Supporting significance tests (Anderson-Darling test, Ryan-Joiner test, Levene test, Bonnet test, significance test for correlations)
Nonparametric methods (Wilcoxon test, sign test, Mann-Whitney test)
Contingency analyses (binomial test, Fisher's exact test, chi-square test, cross-tabulations with measures of association)
Methods for comparing the means of several groups (approx. 5 days)
One- and two-factorial analysis of variance (simple and balanced ANOVA)
Multi-factorial analysis of variance (general linear model)
Fixed, random, crossed and nested factors
Multiple comparison methods (Tukey-HSD, Dunnett, Hsu-MCB, Games-Howell)
Interaction analysis (analysis of interaction effects)
Selectivity and power analysis for variance analyses
Introduction to Design of Experiments (DoE) (approx. 1 day)
Full and partial factorial experimental designs
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
The course offers you a systematic introduction to balance sheet accounting, starting with basic knowledge in controlling. You will master the topics of balance sheets, accounting records and annual financial statements, be able to competently take over the organization of operational finance and accounting and master the evaluation of payments with DATEV. You will also have knowledge of tax law and business taxation.
You will also understand the basics of statistics, be able to process and evaluate data and present, explain and interpret statistical data analyses and results using graphics.
The course is aimed at people with training, professional experience or good basic knowledge in the commercial or administrative field as well as specialists in the areas of bookkeeping and accounting with knowledge of economics and business administration.
Employees with a sound knowledge of accounting are indispensable in today's working world and are in demand across all sectors at companies of all sizes. Supporting and advising management opens up a wide range of career opportunities, for example in public administration or with associations and organizations. In addition, companies today rely on employees who are very well versed in the current, often confusing and complicated tax law.
A sound knowledge of statistics is a valuable additional qualification that is in great demand in industrial research and development, in drug development, in the supervision of medical studies, in finance and insurance, in information technology or in public administration.Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).