Updates to AAT texts 2008 Osborne Books is updating several AAT texts for 2008. These include: Foundation Accounting Tutorial and Workbook (Units 1-4) Financial Records & Accounts Workbook (Unit 5) Costing & Reports Workbook (Units 6-7) Managing Performance & Resources Tutorial For further information please Contact Us.   AAT Conference 2008 Osborne Books staff and authors were pleased to meet so many customers at the 2008 AAT conference in Leamington Spa. There was excellent feedback on new e-learning resources and plans for revising a number of Osborne Books texts. Osborne Books looks forward to seeing you next year! Pictured here are (l to r) Claire McCarthy, Maz Loton and Mike Fardon.   AS Accounting for AQA new edition for 2008 The AS qualification is changing from September 2008 and the A2 from September 2009. Osborne Books is publishing a brand new edition of AS Accounting for AQA in May, and has plans for an A2 text for 2009. There will also be online quizzes and other electronic support material, including PowerPoint presentations, available in good time for the launch of the revised GCE. PDF's: Sample Chapter 8   Sample Chapter 19   Table of Contents       Download Adobe Acrobat Reader   Osborne Books Sponsors Young Enterprise in Romania Osborne Books recently sponsored a Young Enterprise company 'Vision' who represented the UK West Midlands area at the European Trade Fair, Bucharest, exhibiting their products based on photographic prints. Marketing Director Sarah Fardon (pictured right) commented: "The trade fair was a fantastic learning experience for everyone; we learnt a lot about product choice and versatility, as well as methods of marketing and sales. With our stall set up in a long line of similar stalls in a city centre mall, it was incredible to be trading alongside and meeting young entrepreneurs from all over Europe."   Educational publisher celebrates 21 years of success The founder and Managing Director, Mike Fardon, published Osborne Books' first accounting book, 'Finance', in 1986. This title sold several thousand copies in its first year and laid the foundations for the success that followed. Osborne Books now sells around 100,000 books a year to schools, colleges and training centres throughout the UK and as far afield as Botswana, Bahrain and the Caribbean. Mike Fardon commented "We decided we had something to celebrate and I wanted to gather together all the people who have helped make Osborne Books a success and thank them for all their efforts over the years."     IMPORTANT NOTE! - AAT Personal Taxation Exams Please note that the Support Booklet issued by AAT for Units 18 & 19 states (page 29) that the tax returns assessable in the Unit 19 exam are Income from Employment and Income from Land and Buildings. By implication tax return forms relating to Income from Savings and Investments and CGT will therefore not be assessed in the exam, even though, of course, they are in the Standards. A number of AAT Tutors have asked Osborne Books about the relevance of teaching these areas. The AAT have now clarified this issue for us by stating that although the excluded returns will not appear in the exam because of their complexity, they should still be taught, as they are part of the Standards.   International Excellence Botswana Accountancy College is a centre of excellence for accountancy and business training in South Africa, with more than 450 students currently studying for the AAT qualification. Osborne Books has supplied the college with AAT textbooks for over four years and is delighted to be a part of the growth of the qualification overseas. Gautam Shah, the AAT Course Director, says 'We are very supportive of Osborne Books. Their AAT textbooks cover the performance criteria fully and the exercises allow students to measure their performance.' Visit the college website at www.info.bw/~bac.

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