GAAP Academy is the training arm of GAAP International specially set up to support GAAP Franchisees in their training needs.
In addition, GAAP Academy also collaborated with The Association of Professional Bookkeepers Singapore (APBS) to provide practicum training for students, accounting professionals in Singapore and the region. These programmes focus on specific skills and knowledge pertaining to accounting sector of Singapore to enhance the employability and work performance of the trainees.
Employers who are keen to know about accounting practices and/or wanted to sponsor their staff for training are welcome too.
Professional Accounting Executive Programme
The programme focuses the required skills and knowledge of anyone seeking employment in the accounting industry in Singapore. Taught by accounting practitioners in Singapore, trainees will learn on topics relevant to the Singapore accounting industry so that they can impress upon prospective interviewers on practical skills and knowledge that are commonly lacking among fresh accounting graduates for better chance of employability.
Understanding Major Financial Reports
To give candidates an introduction to the essential financial reports used in the real world. Candidates will revisit what they have previously learnt in their academic context and understand how these reports are prepared in the real world.
Preparing the Full Sets of Accounts
It is a known fact that many accounting professionals have the theoretical knowledge of accounting, but not the practical knowledge to handle a full set of accounts. The objective of this programme is to train candidates to have the ability to prepare the full sets of accounts for a company. Trainees will be exposed to BASIC, INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCE level accounts of a service and a training company, categorized by their level of complexity.
Preparing the Full Sets of Accounts - Basic Level
Part 1 of the Preparing the Full Sets of Accounts Series. At the Basic level, trainees will be exposed to simple accounts of companies in the first year of incorporation only. This is suitable for fresh business or accounting graduates who have no experience in handling any accounts before.
Preparing the Full Sets of Accounts - Intermediate Level
Part 2 of the Preparing the Full Sets of Accounts Series. The intermediate level aimed to enhance the trainee's ability to prepare the full sets of accounts for a company. After attending this level the trainee should be able to handle companies with fixed assets and hire purchase confidently on their own.
Preparing the Full Sets of Accounts - Advanced Level
Part 3 of the Preparing the Full Sets of Accounts Series. The objective is to enhance the trainee's ability to handle more complex accounts of GST registered companies. Candidates will have to apply the skills that they have learnt in the BASIC and INTERMEDIATE levels to be able to handle the accounts in this level.
Accounting Fraud
It is important that accounting professionals perform their task with professionalism and abide to highest ethical standards. This segment has been design to give candidates an overview of the various types of accounting fraud commonly found in the real world. It is crucial for candidates to be mindful when preparing a company's accounts to avoid being legally implicated for participating in accounting fraud due to negligence of inexperience.
Singapore Corporate Tax
To introduce the machinery of Singapore Taxation in connection to companies. At the end of the course, you should be able to prepare a tax computation and its schedule for a company using FORM C.
Singapore Goods & Services Tax (GST) Guide for Businesses
To introduce the concepts & principles of Goods & Services Tax (GST) of Singapore. At the end of the course, you should understand the applications and be able to prepare GST submission to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS).
Quick Books Online Practical Training
To introduce candidates to the practical applications of the accounting software Quick Books Online. Candidates will be given hands-on practice on a set of accounts to perform the following tasks using QuickBooks Online Plus.
