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ACCOUNTING 0452
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Accounting
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION 1
AIMS 1
ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES 2
ASSESSMENT 3
CURRICULUM CONTENT 4
GRADE DESCRIPTIONS 12
RESOURCE LIST 13
LIST OF ACCOUNTING RATIOS 15
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS – TERMINOLOGY 16
Exclusions
This syllabus must not be offered in the same session with any of the following syllabuses:
INTRODUCTION
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) syllabuses are
designed as two-year courses for examination at age 16-plus.
All Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses follow a general pattern. The main sections are:
Aims
Assessment Objectives
Assessment
Curriculum Content
The Cambridge IGCSE subjects have been categorised into groups, subjects within each group
having similar Aims and Assessment Objectives.
Accounting falls into Group V, Creative, Technical and Vocational, of the International Certificate of
Education (ICE) subjects.
AIMS
The aims of the syllabus are the same for all students. These aims are set out below and describe
the educational purposes of a course in Accounting for the Cambridge IGCSE examination. They
are not listed in order of priority.
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ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES
The Curriculum Content defines the factual material that candidates may be required to recall and
understand. Questions testing this will often begin with words such as: define, list, outline,
write up, record, calculate, explain.
B ANALYSIS
Students should be able to:
4. select data which is relevant to identified needs of business;
5. order, analyse and present information, in an appropriate accounting form.
Questions testing these skills will often begin with words such as: select, prepare, draw up.
C EVALUATION
Students should be able to:
6. develop an ability to interpret and evaluate accounting information and to draw reasoned
conclusions.
Questions testing these skills will often require written answers and may begin with words such as:
explain, suggest, advise, comment on, discuss, compare.
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SPECIFICATION GRID
The relationship between the assessment objectives and components of the scheme of
assessment.
Assessment Objectives
Paper
A Knowledge with B Analysis C Evaluation
Understanding
The assessment objectives are weighted to give an indication of their relative importance. The
percentages are not intended to provide a precise statement of the number of marks allocated to
particular assessment objectives.
ASSESSMENT
Scheme of assessment
All candidates should be entered for Paper 1 and Paper 2, which are compulsory papers. These
papers will contain questions based on the whole syllabus, and will be graded A to G.
Discrimination between the papers will be based on the assessment objectives.
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CURRICULUM CONTENT
1 The purpose of accounting
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4 Accounting procedures
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6.2 Partnerships
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• draw up partners’ capital and current accounts in ledger account form and as part of a
balance sheet presentation.
Questions will not be set on the admission of a new partner or on the dissolution of a
partnership.
Candidates will not be required to record the issue of shares, make entries for corporation
tax, or to have knowledge of the accounting requirements of the Companies Acts.
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GRADE DESCRIPTIONS
Grade descriptions are provided to give a general indication of the standards of achievement likely
to have been shown by candidates awarded particular grades. The grade awarded will depend in
practice upon the extent to which the candidate has met the assessment objectives overall.
It might conceal weakness in one aspect of the examination which is balanced by above average
performance in some other.
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RESOURCE LIST
The inclusion of books in this list does not imply a recommendation. It is simply a list from which
teachers may like to select. Locally available information from industry, commerce, banks, the
accounting profession and Government will also be useful in providing exemplar material and
background.
Students’ textbooks
Author Title Publisher ISBN
Coucom, Catherine IGCSE Accounting Cambridge University 0 521 89346 1
*Endorsed Textbook* Press
Coucom, Catherine IGCSE and O Level Cambridge University 978 0521 72001 4
Accounting Press – India
*Endorsed Textbook*
Recommended textbooks
Dellow, Eric (H)IGCSE Accounting Cambridge University 0 521 78710 6
Book 1 Press
Coucom, Catherine (H)IGCSE Accounting Cambridge University 0 521 78711 4
Book 2 Press
Dellow, Eric (H)IGCSE Accounting Cambridge University 0 521 78712 2
Book 3 Press
Cox, David Business Accounts Osborne Books 1 87296 258 0
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Online Resources:
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1. PROFITABILITY RATIOS
Gross Profit
(i) Percentage of gross profit to sales (Gross Profit Margin) = × 100
Net Sales
Gross Profit
Mark up = × 100
Cost of Sales
2. LIQUIDITY
Current Assets
(i) Current ratio =
Current Liabilities
Or
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Centres are encouraged to apply the new terminology to their teaching and learning materials so
that candidates sitting for examination will be aware of the terms. Candidates will not be penalised
for using different terms.
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