AQA A2 Accounting Student Unit Guide: Unit 3 Further Aspects of Financial Accounting

Summary:
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Introduction - includes advice on how to use the guide, an explanation of the skills being tested by the assessment objectives, an outline of the unit or module and, depending on the unit, suggestions for how to revise effectively and prepare for the examination questions.

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Table of Contents:
Introduction
Content Guidance
Sources of finance
Incomplete records
Partnership accounts
Published accounts of limited companies
International Accounting Standards
Inventory (stock) valuation
Questions and Answers
Q1 Sources of finance
Q2 Incomplete records 1
Q3 Incomplete records 2
Q4 Partnership accounts 1
Q5 Partnership accounts 2
Q6 Published accounts of limited companies 1
Q7 Published accounts of limited companies 2
Q8 Accounting standards 1
Q9 Accounting standards 2
Q10 Valuation of inventory

About the Author(s):
Ian Harrison is the Chief Examiner for a major exam board and Principal Examiner for another major exam board.