Course Catalogue

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AI skills for the modern accountant

Explain in plain English what AI can and cannot do, and where the professional keeps the liability. Prompt AI reliably using the CIBA C-R-I-S-P method. Check AI output against the CIBA SARS-Defensibility Standard before it goes out. Use AI across financial statements, VAT and tax, management accounts, reviews and client work. Validate AI-assisted financial statements with the CIBA TRACE Standard. Draft your firm's AI policy and keep client data compliant under POPIA. Lead AI adoption with the CIBA LEAD Standard, ending in a board-ready AI Leadership Plan. Work with AI professionally and ethically, with every claim verified.

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Municipal Financial Management & Audit Compliance

Trace the municipal accountability chain and explain the AGSA’s mandate and the three types of audit it conducts. Apply the core MFMA duties (Sections 60, 62, 65 and 79) to the roles of the accounting officer and the CFO. Distinguish unauthorised, irregular, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and apply the correct disclosure, investigation and recovery steps for each. Read a set of GRAP-compliant annual financial statements, explain the four audit opinions, and identify what drives a qualification. Run compliant supply chain, revenue, asset (GRAP 17) and debt (GRAP 104) processes. Build a root-cause-based audit action plan that moves a municipality toward a clean audit.

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Construction Accounting for Bookkeepers: A Practical Specialisation Course for South Africans

Identify, classify, measure and treat every transaction that recurs in a contractor’s books. Recognise construction revenue over time under the new Section 23 five-step model. Handle the VAT timing that trips up most bookkeepers, including the deferred VAT on retention. Account for retentions, progress billings, variations, contract assets and liabilities, plant and payroll. Produce contract-level numbers the owner relies on, and spot a loss-making contract in time to act.

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The 28-Day AI Challenge for the Southern African Accountant

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Bookkeeping for Farmers: A Practical Specialisation Course for South Africans

Set up and maintain a complete farm bookkeeping system, from source documents to financial statements. Apply double-entry principles to the transactions that recur in a farming operation. Account for biological assets and inventory under IAS 41 and Section 34 of the IFRS for SMEs. Prepare and manage cash flow projections for seasonal, once-a-year income. Meet South African VAT, income tax, PAYE, UIF and SDL requirements specific to farming. Claim the diesel rebate and apply the First Schedule provisions for livestock and produce. Separate farm money from household money, and maintain sound internal controls and ethics on the farm.

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FIC Compliance for Accountable Institutions short course

Understand what service offerings will qualify you as a Trust and Company Service Provider (TCSP) and trigger your Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FIC Act) obligations Know your five core Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FIC Act) obligations and how they work together Build or review a Risk Management and Compliance Programme (RMCP) that meets all requirements Conduct client-level risk assessments using the 10 risk factors Apply the correct Customer Due Diligence (CDD) procedures for natural persons, companies, and trusts Identify Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), Domestic Prominent Influential Persons (DPIPs), and Foreign Prominent Public Officials (FPPOs) and apply enhanced due diligence correctly Screen clients against the Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS) list for both terrorist financing and proliferation financing designations Know when and how to file Cash Threshold Reports (CTRs), Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs), and Terrorist Property Reports (TPRs) on goAML Understand the 2026 Risk and Compliance Return (RCR) (Directive 11), including all three sub-periods and key deadlines

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Basic VAT Short Course

What VAT really is and how it works in practice Who must register for VAT and when registration is required The difference between standard-rated, zero-rated, and exempt supplies How output VAT and input VAT work What can and cannot be claimed as input VAT How to correctly calculate VAT payable or refundable Common VAT mistakes that lead to penalties How to confidently handle basic VAT queries from clients or employers