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Accounting Stage 2
Subject outline

Version 4.0
For teaching in Australian and SACE International schools from January 2024 to December 2024.
For teaching in SACE International schools only from May/June 2023 to March 2024, and from May/June 2024 to March 2025.
Accredited in August 2018 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2020.

Stage 2 | Subject outline | Learning requirements

Learning requirements

The learning requirements summarise the knowledge, skills, and understanding that students are expected to develop and demonstrate through their learning in Stage 2 Accounting.

In this subject, students are expected to:

  1. understand and explore accounting concepts and conventions
  2. apply accounting concepts and conventions to create accounting information
  3. explore and interpret stakeholder needs to inform accounting information requirements
  4. analyse and evaluate accounting information to manage financial sustainability
  5. analyse and evaluate accounting information to develop and propose authentic accounting advice to inform decision-making
  6. apply communication skills in an accounting context.