Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB)
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The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) is an examining body and a Quality Assurance Partner (QAP) of the Quality Council for Trades & Occupations (QCTO). The ICB qualifications are certificated by the Financial and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (FASSET) Skills Education and Training Authority (SETA).
The ICB has been around since 1931. Its role is to improve and maintain the quality, credibility and reputation of bookkeeping, accounting, office administration and financial management training and qualifications in Southern Africa.
ICB graduates are recognised worldwide by the International Association of Bookkeepers, the Southern African Institute of Business Accountants, the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
The ICB has five study programmes for students to study. Each programme comprises a series of levels or learning programmes which is then made up of short courses.
ICB assessements can be written at assessment centres around South Africa.
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Directly from the ICB “We are a Professional Institute involved in the external examination of NQF Registered Bookkeeping, Accounting and Business Qualifications, in over 500 tuition sites in Southern Africa.”
If you graduate through the ICB’s Accounting Certification Programme (ACP) you can study further to become a chartered certified accountant, through the ACCA or become a management accountant through the CIMA. ICB graduates are recognised worldwide by the International Association of Bookkeepers, the Southern African Institute of Business Accountants, the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
Main ICB Subjects Include:
ICB Bookkeeping to Trial Balance
Students will be able to prepare the books of account from source documents to the subsidiary journals to the general and subsidiary ledgers, trial balance, and the bank and creditors reconciliations.
ICB Business Law
Both communication and mathematics learning outcomes are covered at the same time. Effective business communication and numeracy is essential for any business practitioner. This course focuses on written and spoken communication as well as numeracy business tools such as fractions, decimal numbers, percentages, ratios, proportions, equations, interest rates and graphs.
ICB Computerised Bookkeeping
Students will be introduced to the computer, windows, email and internet as well as a study of Microsoft Office as an accounting tool. They will be taught how to keep the books of a business on a computerised accounting software package which is essential for any bookkeeper. The course also includes an in depth study of dedicated computerised accounting using industry leading software packages.
ICB Payroll and Monthly SARS Returns
It builds on a basic knowledge of bookkeeping the student will know more about VAT, basic conditions of employment, RSA statutory registrations, RSA payroll calculations and accounting, SARS efiling and a study of the ethics of a tax practitioner in South Africa.
ICB Cost and Management Accounting
It will enable a student to perform in a manufacturing environment, be able to complete basic management accounts, have a working knowledge of cost accounting, breakeven analysis, cost-volume-profit analysis, advanced costing, budgeting and standard costing, financial management and business ethics. An understanding of cost and management accounting is essential for any bookkeeper, accountant or office manager.
ICB Financial Statements
The outcomes of this ICB course is that a student will have a good understanding of year-end procedures via the trading-and profit and loss accounts; the interpretation of basic financial statements through a series of ratios; calculation and recording of depreciation; the disposal of depreciable assets in the journals and general ledger; disclosing the movements of non-current assets in the notes to the financial statements; the application of accounting concepts such as of accrual, matching prudence, cost and consistency to a set of financial records; preparing of the income statement and balance sheet (with notes) for a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a Close Corporation and a limited company; as well as the preparation of the statement of cash flow and applicable notes thereto for a limited company.
ICB Business Law and Accounting Control
The student will have a basic understanding of economics, personal finance, business law, accounting control and liquidation and executors’ accounts.
ICB Income Tax Returns
It is a comprehensive study of Income Tax, Capital Gains, Value-Added Tax, Turnover Tax, Estate Duty and Donations Tax. As a tax practitioner you require a working knowledge of all the components of Tax and will register as a member of the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT) and be permitted to complete monthly and annual SARS returns on behalf of prospective clients.
ICB Corporate Strategy
It aims at redefining corporate strategy to rely less on objectives and competition but rather seeing an organisations big picture that is customer focused, sustainable and successful in the long – term. This course is an in-depth study of strategic management. It shows the impact of corporate strategy on a company’s ability to accelerate its sales, gain market leadership, and power up its revenue growth.
ICB Financial Reporting and Regulatory Frameworks and Research Theory and Practice
The purpose of this ICB course is to set out the principles and conceptual issues of IFRS, including their use in group statements. IFRS signifies a new era of financial reporting that will eventually touch thousands of companies across the globe. The broader a company’s international activities, the greater the effect of IFRS.
ICB Management Accounting Control Systems
The purpose of this ICB course is to develop in students a knowledge and understanding of the application of management accounting control and decision making techniques which will enable them to communicate effectively as accountants and managers. The evolution in the field of cost and management accounting has created a need for contemporary courses that help learners make the connection between basic accounting methods and serving the overall needs of the company.
Each ICB course is assessed by the ICB by means of an ICB Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) where you are required to complete ICB Activities (assignments) and Evaluations (tests) and then complete a final ICB summative assessment (exam) written at an ICB assessment centre which counts for 70% of you course grade, 30 % of your final mark comes from the activities and evaluations you undertake during your ICB course.
When ICB students write the final ICB assessment they will need to provide their ICB PoE and include any ICB assignments given to them as well the tests taken and include it in their PoE, which an ICB registered assessor will then check. The ICB activities and evaluations are essential, as they fully prepare students for the final ICB assessment, and also provide evidence of the work done leading up to it. The ICB Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) is a folder posted to students at the start of the course (once registered for an assessment with the ICB). Your ICB PoE is complete when your final ICB summative assessment (exam) is added to it at the end of your ICB course.
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ICB Cost and Management Accounting
This subject forms part of the ICB Financial Accounting, ICB Public Sector Accounting and the ICB Office Administration Programmes. It will enable a student to perform in a manufacturing environment, be able to complete basic management accounts, have a working knowledge of cost accounting, breakeven analysis, cost-volume-profit analysis, advanced costing, budgeting and standard costing, financial management and business ethics. An understanding of cost and management accounting is essential for any bookkeeper, accountant or office manager.... more
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This subject forms part of the Advanced Level in both the ICB Entrepreneurship Programme as well as the ICB Business Management Programme. You will gain the knowledge and skills on how to apply managerial finance and control principles in a commercial environment.
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ICB Financial Reporting and Regulatory Frameworks and Research Theory and Practice
This subject combines both Financial Reporting and Regulatory Frameworks and Research Theory and Practice. Nearly 100 countries use or coordinate International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), which are issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). These countries or groups of countries include the European Union, Australia, and South Africa. While some countries require all companies to adhere to IFRS, others merely allow it or try to coordinate their own country’s standards to be similar. The purpose of this subject is to set out the principles and conceptual issues of IFRS, including their use in group statements. IFRS signifies a new era of financial reporting that will eventually touch thousands of companies across the globe. The broader a company’s international activities, the greater the effect of IFRS.... more
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ICB Bookkeeping to Trial Balance
This course forms the foundation of your accounting knowledge and can be found in every ICB Programme, no matter what stream you are studying. It assumes no knowledge of bookkeeping and teaches the student to prepare the books of account from source documents to the subsidiary journals to the general and subsidiary ledgers, trial balance, and the bank and creditors reconciliations.
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ICB Business and Office Administration 1
This subject forms part of the in the ICB Office Administration Programme. It covers various functions of the secretary and receptionist including telephone, mail, correspondence, records and security competencies. The Administrator is central to the effective functioning of any office. This role can sometimes be specialised depending on the type of office environment, but despite this specialisation there are general administrative functions common to all offices.... more
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ICB Business and Office Administration 2
This subject forms part of the ICB Office Administration Programme. Your office manager is probably the most important person at your company. They keep the place working sensibly, enabling everyone else to do their own job. The office manager provides that vital bridge between you and your staff, often coping with Human resource duties, as well as accounts and general office maintenance or servicing. They may even double as your PA in smaller organisations. So whether it‘s general office upkeep you want or something more all-encompassing, your office manager is key to a co-ordinated workplace.... more
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ICB Business and Office Administration 3
This subject forms part of the Advanced level in the ICB Office Administration Programme. Good office managers need three attributes in particular. They must be well organised, be good communicators and have a particularly large dose of common sense. The role not only needs someone who has authority and is respected, but also the knack of persuasion for all those trifling little things that need doing but tend not to get done. In addition, a basic knowledge of accounts or budgets is an advantage as usually the role involves monitoring or authorising expenditure and invoices and keeping basic office expenses as low as possible.... more
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