Want to take Courses

[Kosmos_]

Hi folks,
Need some advice please.

I'm wanting to take a basic accounting and a tax practitioners course for individuals.

Can anybody recommend courses for my purposes, and an institution which gives those ?

Many thanks for any help.

 

[Jan van Riebeeckstad]

The Daily investor will teach you all you want to know

 

[Kosmos_]

Thank you.

 

[Jan van Riebeeckstad]

It's a pleasure.

 

[Y'all Qaeda]

Unisa has a short course in accounting. Maybe a good start there? What is your end goal, to work as a bookkeeper? Or just to manage your own personal tax stuff better?

 

[Kosmos_]

Unisa has a short course in accounting. Maybe a good start there? What is your end goal, to work as a bookkeeper? Or just to manage your own personal tax stuff better?

Thank you. I will have a look at Unisa. Not sure where I want to end up yet, however a diploma of some sort will be good start.

 

[Y'all Qaeda]

Might be worthwhile to try figure out where you want to end up. Otherwise you might end up waste time and money trying to get somewhere different.

 

[UB40]

YouTube

 

[Pegging]

Hi folks,
Need some advice please.

I'm wanting to take a basic accounting and a tax practitioners course for individuals.

Can anybody recommend courses for my purposes, and an institution which gives those ?

Many thanks for any help.

Depends what you want to learn and how much you know.

There is plenty of free stuff on youtube.
Linkedin learn also has some good short courses. but that costs money.

Try a few hours on youtube and see what grabs you, once you have a basic understanding you should know what sort of qualification to go for.

 

[waynehooper]

Ignore the trolls. @waynehooper might be able to add value, particularly from the computerised accounting side.

To be a tax practitioner you need to belong to one of the SARS recognized bodies (SAICA, SAIPA, SAIT etc)

Before you can join them you need an accounting qualification and in most cased have completed articles with an accounting firm.

I would suggest contacting them to see what the minimum qualifications are and what institutions they recognise.

To do a online B.com I recommend Boston City Campus - they are not the cheapest, but are accredited by SAIPA and I have heard good feedback from people I know who have/are studying there.

https://accountingacademy.co.za/news/read/guide-to-becoming-a-sars-registered-tax-practitioner

 

[Kosmos_]

Thanks for everyone's thoughts. Appreciate it.