JAMB Topics for Accounting 2026

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JAMB Topics for Accounting
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JAMB Topics for Accounting

BROAD TOPIC	SUB-TOPICS
Ethics in Accounting	– Objectives – Qualities of an Accountant such as honesty, integrity, transparency, accountability, and fairness
Cashbook	– Columnar cashbooks (two and three columns) – Discounts (trade and cash discounts) – Effects of trade and cash discounts in books of accounts – Petty cashbook and the imprest system – Determining the cash float – Identifying various petty cash expenses
Bank Transactions and Reconciliation	– Instruments of bank transactions (cheques, pay-in-slips, credit/debit cards, etc.) – e-Banking system (automated credit system, credit transfers, interbank transfers, direct debit, etc.) – Causes of discrepancies between cashbook and bank statement – Bank reconciliation statement – Preparing adjusted cashbook balances
The Final Accounts of a Sole Trader	– Income statement (Trading and Profit & Loss Account) – Statement of financial position (Balance Sheet) – Adjustments: provision for bad and doubtful debts, provision for discounts, provision for depreciation (straight-line and reducing balance), accruals and prepayments – Determining cost of sales, gross profit, and net profit – Identifying fixed assets, current assets, long-term liabilities, current liabilities, and proprietor’s capital – Computing adjustable items on related expenditure and income – Relating adjustable items to disclosures in the statement of financial position – Differentiating between bad debts and provision for bad and doubtful debts
Stock Valuation	– Methods of cost determination (FIFO, LIFO, simple average) – Advantages and disadvantages of each method – Determining cost of materials issued to production or cost of goods sold – Calculating closing stock of materials or finished goods
Information Technology in Accounting	– Manual and computerized accounting systems – Differences between manual and computerized processing systems – Processes involved in data processing – Components of a computer system (hardware and software) – Advantages and disadvantages of manual and computerized accounting systems