ITAA Toelatingsexamen study plan
ITAA Toelatingsexamen · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Accountancy
Map the full accountancy syllabus into a one-page checklist and mark each item as known, shaky, or unknown
Reconstruct the accounting cycle from source document to trial balance without notes, then compare against a reference
Solve 20 journal-entry exercises covering accruals, prepayments, and depreciation
Build a personal error log template with columns for error type, cause, and corrective rule
Your checkpoint
A completed syllabus checklist plus a 20-item journal-entry set scored and annotated with at least 10 logged errors
Accountancy
Prepare a full set of annual financial statements from a given trial balance, including adjustments
Explain and apply the distinction between profit and cash flow by drafting a simple cash flow statement
Compute and interpret at least six key ratios and state what each reveals about a business
Identify and correct five deliberately misstated financial statements
Your checkpoint
One complete financial-statement package (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow) with ratio analysis and a written correction note per misstatement
Accountancy
Apply double-entry reasoning to complex transactions involving VAT, discounts, and returns
Reconcile a bank account and a supplier ledger and explain each reconciling item
Distinguish between provisions, contingent liabilities, and accruals and classify ten given cases
Draft adjusting and closing entries for a year-end scenario
Your checkpoint
A reconciliation file containing one bank reconciliation, one supplier reconciliation, and a classified list of ten liability cases with journal entries
Accountancy
Complete a timed mixed accountancy set under exam conditions without reference material
Review every wrong answer and write the underlying rule that was missed
Explain the treatment of inventory valuation and depreciation methods in your own words
Rank remaining weak topics and build a targeted repair list
Your checkpoint
A timed mock score report with a written rule for each error and a prioritized repair list of no more than eight items
Tax advisory
Map the tax advisory syllabus into a checklist and mark confidence levels per item
Outline the structure of income tax for individuals and businesses and locate the relevant concepts in your own summary
Apply the distinction between gross and net income and between deductible and non-deductible expenses to 15 cases
Build a glossary of at least 30 tax terms with a one-line definition each
Your checkpoint
A completed tax syllabus checklist plus a 30-term glossary and a scored 15-case deductibility exercise
Tax advisory
Compute taxable income for a sample individual and a sample business, showing each step
Explain how VAT works across the supply chain and calculate output, input, and payable VAT for ten transactions
Distinguish between the main business forms and state the tax consequences of each
Analyze five short client scenarios and recommend a tax position with justification
Your checkpoint
Two worked taxable-income computations plus a VAT calculation sheet and five written advisory recommendations
Tax advisory & Accountancy
Connect accountancy outputs to tax declarations by deriving taxable income from financial statements
Complete a timed mixed tax set and a shorter accountancy refresher set in the same session
Identify where accounting treatment and tax treatment diverge and document each divergence
Practice writing concise advisory answers under a time limit
Your checkpoint
A bridge document linking one financial statement to its tax declaration, plus two timed set scores and three timed written advisory answers
Accountancy & Tax advisory
Sit two full-length timed mock exams covering both domains and record section-level scores
Repair the three weakest topics per domain using targeted drills
Recite core rules and definitions from memory in a rapid self-quiz
Finalize a one-page exam-day strategy covering time allocation and question order
Your checkpoint
Two complete mock exam score sheets with a before-and-after comparison on the weakest topics and a finished one-page exam-day strategy
Milestones
Week 2: Produce a complete set of financial statements from a trial balance with all adjustments correct on a second attempt, and score at least 70% on a 20-item journal-entry quiz
Week 4: Score at least 65% on a timed accountancy mock and show that every error has a written corrective rule attached
Week 6: Correctly compute taxable income for both a sample individual and a sample business and score at least 70% on the VAT calculation sheet
Week 8: Score at least 75% on both full-length mocks and demonstrate measurable improvement on every topic listed in the week-4 repair list