ASSEB Higher Secondary Accountancy study materials
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ASSEB Higher Secondary Accountancy study plan

ASSEB Higher Secondary Accountancy · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organisations & Accounting for Partnership Firms: Fundamentals

  • Distinguish receipts and payments account from income and expenditure account by preparing both for a single club scenario

  • Compute subscription income for the year after adjusting outstanding, advance and previous-year dues

  • Prepare income and expenditure account and balance sheet of a not-for-profit organisation with donation, legacy and prize-fund items

  • Apply the profit-sharing ratio rules for partners in the absence of a deed and when the deed is silent on interest on capital

  • Pass opening journal entries for capital, drawings, interest on drawings and interest on capital in fixed and fluctuating capital accounts

Your checkpoint

One handwritten solution set covering a full NPO problem (receipts and payments to income and expenditure plus balance sheet) and a partnership fundamentals problem (capital accounts under both fixed and fluctuating methods), self-marked against a checklist of at least 12 adjustment points.

Week 2

Accounting for Partnership Firms: Fundamentals & Reconstitution of Partnership: Admission, Retirement and Death of a Partner

  • Prepare profit and loss appropriation account with interest on capital, interest on drawings, salary, commission and transfer to reserve

  • Calculate interest on drawings under average period and product methods for equal and unequal monthly drawings

  • Compute sacrificing ratio and gaining ratio for admission and retirement scenarios

  • Draft revaluation account and partners' capital accounts on admission of a partner including goodwill raised and written off

  • Record goodwill treatment when the incoming partner brings goodwill in cash and when it is privately paid

Your checkpoint

A one-page formula and treatment sheet for goodwill, sacrificing ratio and interest on drawings, plus three solved admission problems where the balance sheet total tallies after all adjustments.

Week 3

Reconstitution of Partnership: Admission, Retirement and Death of a Partner

  • Prepare capital accounts on retirement with revaluation, undistributed profit, goodwill and accumulated reserves

  • Compute the retiring partner's loan when the amount due is transferred instead of paid in cash

  • Pass journal entries on the death of a partner for the deceased partner's share of goodwill, profit up to the date of death and interest on capital

  • Calculate the deceased partner's share of profit using time basis and turnover basis

  • Prepare the executor's account showing the settlement schedule

Your checkpoint

Two full-length reconstitution problems (one retirement, one death) solved end to end with executor's account and a written note of 150 words explaining why the gaining ratio matters in each case.

Week 4

Dissolution of Partnership Firms & Accounting for Share Capital

  • Classify assets and liabilities as current or non-current when preparing the realisation account

  • Pass entries for realisation expenses, unrecorded assets taken over by a partner and insolvency of a partner under Garner v Murray

  • Prepare memorandum revaluation account where the revaluation account is not opened

  • Journalise issue of shares at par, at premium and at a discount with calls in arrears and calls in advance

  • Account for pro-rata allotment and forfeiture, then reissue forfeited shares at par and at a premium

Your checkpoint

A timed 90-minute written test of your own construction: one dissolution problem with at least one insolvent partner and one share capital problem with forfeiture and reissue, scored out of 40.

Week 5

Accounting for Share Capital & Issue and Redemption of Debentures

  • Present share capital in the balance sheet of a company in the prescribed vertical format with notes to accounts

  • Distinguish authorised, issued, subscribed and paid-up capital and show calls in arrears as a deduction

  • Journalise issue of debentures at par, at premium and at discount, including debentures issued as collateral security

  • Record interest on debentures, tax deducted at source and payment to debenture holders

  • Prepare the debenture redemption reserve and sinking fund entries and explain the conditions for creating DRR

Your checkpoint

A company balance sheet extract showing share capital and notes to accounts, plus a debenture ledger covering issue, interest, TDS and redemption for a two-year cycle, all figures reconciled.

Week 6

Issue and Redemption of Debentures & Financial Statements of a Company

  • Distinguish redemption of debentures by lump sum, draw of lots, purchase in open market and conversion into shares

  • Compute the amount to be transferred to DRR and the investment required for redemption

  • Prepare the statement of profit and loss of a company in the prescribed format

  • Prepare the balance sheet with notes to accounts covering share capital, reserves, long-term borrowings and trade payables

  • Identify and correct at least eight common presentation errors in a company financial statement

Your checkpoint

A complete set of company financial statements (statement of profit and loss plus balance sheet with notes) built from a trial balance of at least 18 items, with a short list of the errors you found and fixed.

Week 7

Analysis of Financial Statements: Ratio Analysis & Cash Flow Statement

  • Compute current ratio, quick ratio, debt-equity ratio, proprietary ratio and interest coverage from a given balance sheet

  • Compute gross profit ratio, operating ratio, net profit ratio, stock turnover and debtors turnover with interpretation of each movement

  • Classify cash flows into operating, investing and financing activities for a company

  • Prepare a cash flow statement using the indirect method with adjustments for depreciation, interest and tax

  • Reconcile the opening and closing cash and cash equivalents and explain non-cash transactions excluded from the statement

Your checkpoint

One ratio analysis sheet with 10 ratios computed and interpreted in a sentence each, plus one full cash flow statement whose closing cash matches the balance sheet figure.

Week 8

Project Work and Practical File & Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organisations & Reconstitution of Partnership: Admission, Retirement and Death of a Partner

  • Select a project topic with a clear objective and outline the data collection method

  • Draft the project file structure: title page, acknowledgement, objective, methodology, analysis, conclusion and bibliography

  • Revise not-for-profit and reconstitution adjustments by re-solving two previously missed problems without notes

  • Attempt one full mock paper under strict three-hour conditions and mark it against the syllabus weightings

  • List your five weakest adjustment types and write a one-line correction rule for each

Your checkpoint

A completed project file outline of at least 800 words with the analysis chapter drafted, plus a mock exam score sheet and a personal error log of five rules.

Milestones

Week 2: You can compute sacrificing ratio, interest on drawings and goodwill adjustment for any admission problem without referring to notes, and your capital accounts tally.

Week 4: You score at least 28 out of 40 on the self-set timed test, with no arithmetic errors in the dissolution or forfeiture entries.

Week 6: You produce a full company balance sheet with notes to accounts from a trial balance in under 60 minutes with every total agreeing.

Week 8: You score at least 70 percent on the full mock paper, the project file outline is complete, and every domain has been revised at least once.