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Course materials for our licenced colleges to assist you in delivering the Accounting Technicians Ireland qualification to students.

Integrated Accounting Systems (IAS)

Integrated Accounting Systems (IAS) was introduced as a core Second Year subject in September 2008. The course comprises of three sub-sections:
1) Payroll
2) Computerised Accounts
3) Spreadsheets

For the Accounts portion of the course, colleges can opt to use either TAS Books or Sage Line 50 in the Republic of Ireland and Sage Line 50 in Northern Ireland. The Payroll section is delivered using Sage Payroll in Northern Ireland and Sage Quickpay in the Republic. The Spreadsheets section uses Microsoft Excel.

IAS software

Again this year TAS/SAGE Software is providing the software for the Integrated Accounting Systems module.

IAS 2009-2010 software provided is:

1. Accounting Package: TAS BOOKS 2 V. 8, SAGE LINE 50 V. 15
2. Payroll Package: SAGE QUICKPAY 2009 (ROI) , SAGE PAYROLL UK 2009 (NI)
3. MS Excel 2003

For software registration details please check page 10 of the IAS Lecturers Information Pack 2009-2010 available below.

IAS manual

The IAS manual is produced covering the entire IAS course comprehensively, incorporating Sage Quickpay (ROI), Sage Payroll UK (NI), TAS Books 2, Sage Line 50 and MS Excel. There are three versions of the IAS manual: IAS TAS ROI, IAS SAGE ROI and IAS SAGE NI.
The Accounting Technicians Ireland manual for IAS TAS and IAS SAGE will be available to purchase on the web site for all students from 1st of September. IAS lecturers will receive a complimentary copy of the relevant workbook in September.

IAS seminars

This year Accounting Technicians Ireland is running an IAS Seminar on two dates: Saturday, 12th December 2009 and Saturday, 27th February 2010. These seminars take place only in Dublin and are a full-day revision session. Both seminars will cover the complete IAS syllabus. The closing date to book a place for the first seminar is 1st of December 2009 and the deadline to apply for second seminar is 8th February 2010.

Assessment

The IAS exam can be carried out at any time during the month of March and April 2010 but not beforehand. There will be two different IAS exam papers available. The lecturer should choose which of the exam papers will be completed at any specific exam sitting, ensuring that no two groups sit the same exam paper. Please note that the April sitting is considered as a repeat sitting. There will be one repeat IAS exam papers available.
Lecturers should provide Accounting Technicians Ireland with a list of students sitting the IAS exam in 2009-2010 before Friday, 5th of February 2010.
Exam materials (lecturer CD with the IAS exams and solutions, student CDs with IAS exam set-ups and the memory stick) will be couriered to college coordinators in the week commencing Monday, 22nd February 2010.

Passing IAS

The pass mark for IAS is 70%. Any student who has been unsuccessful in the March sitting should be informed in sufficient time to prepare for the re-sit examination in April.

Time

We recommend that students receive approximately 40 hrs for completion of the course (including work on past papers and the Simulation Project). The examination should be held outside this time.

Lecturer's Information Pack for IAS is availablehereto download.

Need further help?
Should you have any queries in relation to IAS, contact Gosia Lakoma.