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The T account, DEAD CLIC (which side every entry goes), day books, ledgers, the trial balance, VAT, bank reconciliation, accruals and year end. One topic on each page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 69 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 65 topics.
You're sitting with a pile of invoices, credit notes and receipts, and the task asks which book of prime entry each one goes into. You know there are seven, but they all blur into one.
The manual gives you a paragraph per day book, one after another, with no picture of how they sit together. By the third one, the first has gone.
In Bookkeeping Illustrated the same topic is one page: the seven day books on one shelf, each with its source document next to it. Sales invoice, sales day book. Credit note received, purchases returns day book.
The other topics work the same way: the T account, the three ledgers as three drawers, VAT through a business, the bank reconciliation and accruals. Each one has its own page.
So when the next invoice lands on your desk, you know where it goes and you post it without opening the manual again.
The big picture, debit and credit, books of prime entry, ledgers and the trial balance, VAT and Making Tax Digital, the bank and payroll basics, year-end adjustments, final accounts and revision checklists: 69 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
It's the last week before your AAT exam, or the end of the month at work, and you need a bank reconciliation that agrees with the statement.
You open the page on why the cash book and the bank differ and see it drawn: bank charges, interest and direct debits on one side, unpresented cheques and outstanding lodgements on the other.
The same goes for DEAD CLIC, the sales day book, control accounts, the VAT return box by box and depreciation: each one on its own page, in the order a bookkeeper works.
Bookkeeping Illustrated is 9 parts and 69 illustrated pages, one topic on each, ending with checklists for the trial balance, the bank and year end.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
The route a bookkeeper follows, source documents, assets, liabilities and capital, the accounting equation as a scale, income and expenses, cash vs credit, and UK terms old and new.
Know which side every entry goes. The T account, DEAD CLIC, the two sides of every entry, credit sales and purchases, returns, drawings, capital vs revenue expenditure and balancing off.
Why day books exist, the sales, purchases and returns day books, the cash book, discounts, petty cash with the imprest system and the journal.
Find out why a trial balance won't agree. The three ledgers, control accounts, reconciling the purchases ledger control account, building the trial balance, the errors it shows and the ones it doesn't, and the suspense account.
Do a VAT return without guessing. How VAT moves, the 20% standard, 5% reduced and zero rates, net, VAT and gross, posting VAT, registration, the VAT return box by box, VAT schemes and Making Tax Digital.
Why the cash book and the bank differ, bank reconciliation in 5 steps, overdrafts, payroll entries, standing orders and direct debits, and how long to keep records.
The accruals principle, accruals and prepayments, accrued and prepaid income, straight-line and reducing-balance depreciation, disposals, irrecoverable debts and closing inventory.
From trial balance to final accounts, cost of sales and gross profit, the statement of profit or loss, the statement of financial position and what changes by type of business.
The DEAD CLIC cheat sheet, 20 transactions at a glance, checklists for the trial balance, the bank, control accounts and year end, and frequent mistakes side by side.
At the end of the book: Revision checklists, a DEAD CLIC cheat sheet and 20 transactions at a glance.
Practise every topic with exam-style tasks, from T accounts to the trial balance, and check each answer against a worked solution, line by line.
See the mistakes beginners make most often (wrong side, missed VAT, double posting) drawn side by side with the correct entry, so you spot them before they reach your trial balance.
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Each topic is one drawn page, so debit and credit, day books and ledgers follow one route you can see. You revise in the evening and it's still there in the morning.
The checklists for the trial balance, the bank reconciliation and year end put the steps in the same order every time, and the workbook lets you practise with worked solutions.
As a sole trader or the person doing the office accounts, you get VAT, the bank and year-end adjustments on one page each, ready to print and keep on the desk.
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Yes. It starts from the route and the T account, so you can begin from scratch, and covers the bookkeeping in AAT Level 2 and ICB Level 2: day books, ledgers, control accounts, the trial balance, VAT and the bank reconciliation. Adjustments and final accounts help when you move on to Level 3. UK terms throughout, not American ones.
UK bookkeeping practice and terminology as used in the AAT and ICB qualifications, in pounds and with UK terms. VAT rates, registration, the VAT return and Making Tax Digital are checked against HMRC guidance on GOV.UK, including VAT Notice 700. HMRC can change rates and thresholds, so GOV.UK is always the place to confirm the current figure.
No. It's an independent illustrated study book. It isn't published, endorsed or approved by AAT, ICB or HMRC, and it doesn't give you a certificate or count towards your qualification.
No. It's for studying and revising alongside your course, and it doesn't replace an accountant's advice for your own business.
No. The exercises in the workbook are written for this book, in an exam style, with worked solutions. They aren't official exam questions.
The book and the 2 bonus books arrive as PDFs by email, at the address you enter when you pay.
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