Practice centre
Simulators
26 interactive models of real accounting work. Every figure comes from the same engine that grades the exercises. Free for everyone.
Foundations
- Accounting equation simulator
Record transactions and watch assets, liabilities and equity stay in balance.
Used in The accounting equation
Open simulator - Debit or credit?
Find the side for any increase or decrease in any account type.
Used in Debits and credits
Open simulator - T-account posting
Post entries one at a time and follow each account's balance.
Used in The accounting cycle, Posting to the ledger and T-accounts
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Financial statements
- Statement linking lab
Change an accounting treatment and see every statement move.
Used in How the statements connect
Open simulator - Cash flow statement builder
Build operating cash flow from profit and balance sheet movements, indirect and direct.
Used in Cash flow statement: the indirect method, Cash flow statement: the direct method
Open simulator - Equity reconciliation
Reconcile opening to closing equity through profit, dividends, share issues and buy-backs.
Used in Closing entries and the post-closing trial balance, The statement of changes in equity and 1 more
Open simulator - Ratio analyser
Compute liquidity, profitability, efficiency and leverage ratios and read what they say.
Used in Financial statement analysis with ratios, Working capital management and 2 more
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Assets
- Bank reconciliation workstation
Match a bank statement to the cash book, classify differences and reach one adjusted balance.
Used in Bank reconciliations, Balance sheet reconciliation workflows and 1 more
Open simulator - Inventory costing calculator
Compare FIFO, periodic weighted average and moving average on your own purchases and sales.
Used in Periodic and perpetual inventory systems, Inventory cost formulas: FIFO and weighted average
Open simulator - Receivables aging and expected credit losses
Age receivables, apply loss rates and post the allowance adjustment.
Used in Credit losses and the allowance method, Financial services: loans and interest income and 1 more
Open simulator - Depreciation schedule builder
Build straight-line, reducing-balance and units-of-production schedules side by side.
Used in Recognising property, plant and equipment, Depreciation methods and 2 more
Open simulator - Asset disposal calculator
Work out carrying amount, gain or loss, and the disposal entry.
Used in Disposals of property and equipment
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Liabilities and equity
- Loan amortisation schedule
Split each payment into interest and principal and see the current portion.
Used in Loans and interest accruals
Open simulator - Lease accounting (IFRS 16)
Measure the lease liability and right-of-use asset and follow them over the term.
Used in Lease accounting for lessees
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Revenue
- Revenue recognition timeline
Allocate a contract price to performance obligations and recognise it over time or at a point in time.
Used in Transaction price and allocation, Over time or at a point in time and 2 more
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Managerial
- Cost allocation lab
Compare a single plant-wide rate with activity-based costing.
Used in Activity-based costing
Open simulator - Job costing sheet
Build job costs with a predetermined overhead rate and find under- or over-applied overhead.
Used in Job-order costing, Manufacturing: work in progress and overhead
Open simulator - Process costing (weighted average)
Equivalent units, cost per unit, and the split between completed output and work in progress.
Used in Process costing
Open simulator - Cost-volume-profit simulator
Move price, costs and volume and watch break-even and profit respond.
Used in Cost-volume-profit analysis, Break-even and target profit
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Budgeting
- Budget versus actual
Flex the budget to actual volume and separate volume from price and spending variances.
Used in Variance analysis, Flexible budgets and 1 more
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Advanced reporting
- Deferred tax calculator
Compare carrying amounts with tax bases and compute deferred tax assets and liabilities.
Used in Deferred tax, Current and deferred tax and 1 more
Open simulator - Consolidation worksheet
Combine parent and subsidiary, eliminate the investment and compute goodwill and NCI.
Used in The consolidation worksheet
Open simulator - Intercompany eliminations
Eliminate intra-group sales, balances and unrealised profit.
Used in Intercompany eliminations
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Tax
- VAT calculator
Split VAT out of prices and compute the net amount payable for a period.
Used in VAT: input and output tax, Taxable, zero-rated and exempt supplies
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Audit
- Audit adjustments
Evaluate misstatements against materiality and see their effect on the statements.
Used in Materiality, Audit adjustments and deficiencies
Open simulator - Financial statement error investigation
Trace a trial balance difference to its cause and correct it.
Used in The unadjusted trial balance, Finding and correcting errors and 1 more
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