Accounting 0452
Learn to record transactions, check accounts and prepare financial statements. Use accounting information to analyse performance and support decisions.
What you'll cover
- The fundamentals of accounting
- Sources and recording of data
- Verification of accounting records
- Accounting procedures
- Preparation of financial statements
- Analysis and interpretation
Published syllabus exam years: 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029. Confirm exam-series and centre availability with your school and Cambridge.
Progress through Cambridge IGCSE Accounting 0452
2027–2029 syllabus · Version 1 · A*–G grading
28 of 28 sections have teaching and practice
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61 original lessons map all 28 syllabus sections to guided, independent and transfer practice. Mapping does not certify exam mastery or provide an official Cambridge grade. Partnership exclusions such as dissolution, changing profit-sharing ratios, limited liability partnerships and admission/departure financial statements are outside this sequence. Incomplete-records questions are limited to sole traders, not service or manufacturing businesses. This route follows the 2027–2029 syllabus, not the separate 2026 syllabus update. Timed Paper 1 and Paper 2 practice and human subject-teacher review remain outstanding.
Use this sequence only for exams in 2027, 2028 and 2029. Cambridge lists June and November, plus March for schools in India. 0452 cannot be combined with 0985 or O Level 7707 in the same exam series. The separate 2026 syllabus update is not yet mapped; check the official syllabus for the learner's exam year and centre.
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The 2027–2029 syllabus has seven topics and 28 listed sections. Original lessons with guided, independent and transfer practice are now mapped to all 28 sections. Mapping does not certify exam mastery or provide official Cambridge grades. Partnership exclusions such as dissolution, changing profit-sharing ratios, limited liability partnerships and admission/departure financial statements are outside this sequence. Incomplete-records questions here follow the syllabus limit to sole traders, not service or manufacturing businesses. This page does not cover the separate 2026 syllabus update. Timed Paper 1 and Paper 2 practice and human subject-teacher review remain outstanding.
The fundamentals of accounting
- The purpose of accounting1.1
- The accounting equation1.2
Sources and recording of data
- The double entry system of book-keeping2.1
- Business documents2.2
- Books of prime entry2.3
Verification of accounting records
- The trial balance3.1
- Correction of errors3.2
- Bank reconciliation3.3
- Control accounts3.4
Accounting procedures
- Capital and revenue expenditure and receipts4.1
- Depreciation and disposal of non-current assets4.2
- Other payables and other receivables4.3
- Irrecoverable debts and allowances4.4
- Valuation of inventory4.5
Preparation of financial statements
- Sole traders5.1
- Partnerships5.2
- Limited companies5.3
- Manufacturing accounts5.4
- Clubs and societies5.5
- Incomplete records5.6
Analysis and interpretation
- Calculation and understanding of accounting ratios6.1
- Interpretation of accounting ratios6.2
- Inter-business comparison6.3
- Interested parties6.4
- Limitations of accounting statements6.5
Accounting concepts and modern practice
- Accounting concepts7.1
- Ethical considerations7.2
- Technology and sustainability7.3
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Separate bookkeeping from accounting
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Measure profit and loss for a period
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Use accounting information to monitor and decide
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Classify assets, liabilities and owner's equity
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Use the accounting equation
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Trace how transactions change the equation
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Read debit and credit as account sides
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Post transactions to ledger accounts
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Balance and interpret ledger accounts
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Identify business documents and their evidence
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Trace a transaction across documents
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Choose the correct book of prime entry
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Process cash book transactions and discounts
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Control petty cash with the imprest system
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Prepare and interpret a trial balance
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Recognise errors a trial balance cannot expose
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Correct errors with journal entries
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Use suspense accounts to resolve trial-balance differences
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Update the cash book from a bank statement
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Prepare a bank reconciliation statement
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Build a sales ledger control account
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Record adjustments in the sales ledger control account
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Balance purchases ledger control accounts
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Distinguish capital and revenue items
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Correct capital and revenue misclassifications
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Calculate depreciation by three methods
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Record asset purchases and depreciation in ledger accounts
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Account for disposal of a non-current asset
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Adjust expenses for accruals and prepayments
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Adjust income for accruals and receipts in advance
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Write off and recover irrecoverable debts
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Create and adjust an allowance for irrecoverable debts
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Value inventory at the lower of cost and net realisable value
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Trace an inventory valuation error through profit and assets
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Prepare a sole-trader statement of profit or loss
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Prepare a sole-trader statement of financial position
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Adjust sole-trader statements for year-end items and drawings
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Prepare a partnership appropriation account
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Prepare partnership statements and partner accounts
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Classify limited-company capital and reserves
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Prepare limited-company financial statements
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Calculate prime cost and factory cost of production
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Prepare a manufacturing account and transfer production cost
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Convert club subscriptions from cash to income
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Prepare club income and expenditure and accumulated fund
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Find profit from opening and closing statements of affairs
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Reconstruct sales and purchases from incomplete records
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Use mark-up and margin to complete incomplete accounts
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Calculate profitability ratios and return on capital employed
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Calculate current and acid-test ratios
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Calculate inventory and settlement-period ratios
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Interpret ratios and compare performance across years
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Explain working capital and the difference between cash and profit
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Compare businesses using ratios with care
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Explain how interested parties use accounting information
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Evaluate the limitations of accounting statements
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Apply entity, duality, going-concern and measurement concepts
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Apply consistency, matching, prudence and realisation
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Apply an ethical framework to accounting decisions
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Use digital applications in accounting records
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Choose and protect sustainable accounting data storage
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