BTEC International Level 3 Business

Unit 10: Recording Financial Transactions — assessment criteria

Learners explore how and why financial transactions are recorded as well as checking bank records and dealing with errors.

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Record straightforward financial transactions from different sources in the books of original entry.
A.P2Complete straightforward double entry accounts and extract a trial balance using a given set of financial transactions.
B.P3Accurately prepare a straightforward bank reconciliation statement for financial control.
C.P4Accurately prepare control accounts using a given set of financial transactions for financial control.
D.P5Explain the types of error that occur in accounting records.
D.P6Record straightforward journal entries which do not involve a suspense account to support the correction of errors fora given set of financial transactions.

Merit

4 criteria
A.M1Complete records for a given set of complex financial transactions using books of original entry, double entry accounts and extract a trial balance. function of accurate financial control
B.M2Accurately prepare a complex bank reconciliation statement for financial control. receivables and trade payables for accurate financial control
C.M3Analyse control and personal accounts to correct errors for financial control. accounting records for financial control
D.M4Record complex journal and suspense account entries accurately to support the correction of errors and prepare a revised profit statement.

Distinction

3 criteria
AB.D1Evaluate the importance of accuracy in the double entry process and bank reconciliation for accurate financial control.
C.D2Evaluate the importance of control mechanisms in the accurate recording of financial transactions.
D.D3Evaluate the effect and impact of errors in accounting records on the final accounts for a given business.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

EvaluateRecordCompleteAccuratelyAnalyseExplain
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Learning aims

  • A. Undertake the accurate recording of financial transactions using the double entry
  • B. Carry out bank reconciliation as a function of accurate financial control
  • C. Construct control accounts for trade receivables and trade payables for accurate financial
  • D. Examine the correction of errors in accounting records for financial control

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