NZQA registered unit standard / 1852 version 8
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Title / Prepare a revenue statement and balance sheet
Level / 4 / Credits / 6
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare a revenue statement and balance sheet.
This unit standard is for people who are not financial specialists or experts but who need financial knowledge and skills in their workplace.
Classification / Financial Management > Financial Skills
Available grade / Achieved

Explanatory notes

1 People must be assessed against this unit standard in their workplace using naturally occurring evidence, or in a realistic simulation of such a context. Competence must be demonstrated within timeframes expected in a commercial environment.

2 Relevant legislation and regulations depend on the entity for which financial statements are prepared, but may include:

Companies Act 1993

Commerce Act 1986

Income Tax Act 2007

Financial Reporting Act 2013.

3 Revenue statement and balance sheet for this unit standard:

·  need not be classified statements

·  are intended primarily for internal use.

Outcomes and evidence requirements

Outcome 1

Prepare a revenue statement and balance sheet.

Evidence requirements

1.1 Principles and concepts of accounting are explained in terms of their relevance to the preparation of a revenue statement and balance sheet.

Range principles – the accounting equation, the nature of the business entity, the revenue/cost period;

concepts – relevant, understandable, reliable, comparable, material.

1.2 Transactions are recorded and classified in accounts.

Range accounts – assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, expenses;

assets – current, long-term;

liabilities – current, long-term.

1.3 Accounts are summarised and a trial balance is prepared.

1.4 Accounts are categorised, period-end adjustments are made, and revenue statement and balance sheet are prepared.

Range period-end adjustments include but are not limited to – depreciation, accruals, pre-payments.

1.5 Post-balance reversing entries are completed.

1.6 Revenue statement and balance sheet meet the requirements of relevant legislation.

Planned review date / 31 December 2020

Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions

Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /
Registration / 1 / 28 September 1994 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 2 / 7 September 1999 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 3 / 16 December 2002 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 4 / 12 January 2006 / 31 December 2016
Review / 5 / 21 May 2010 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 6 / 22 October 2010 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 7 / 18 April 2013 / N/A
Rollover and Revision / 8 / 17 September 2015 / N/A
Republished / 8 / 11 March 2016 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0113

This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Please note

Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the CMR. The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

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