
Foundations in Accountancy (FIA)
We provide full administrative support throughout the study, including exam enrollment, tutor communication, registration guidance, result updates, and comprehensive progress reports to management.
Tuition in Doha for FA1 Recording Financial Transactions, an ACCA Foundations in Accountancy (FIA) exam at RQF Level 2.
Offered by Leaders Training Centre
These apply to the centre. See Key facts for this course's certificate.






FA1, Recording Financial Transactions, is an RQF Level 2 exam in ACCA’s Foundations in Accountancy (FIA). It covers the main types of business transactions and documents, and how they are recorded in an accounting system up to the trial balance.
Leaders Training Centre teaches FA1 at its centre in Doha, Qatar.
ACCA’s FA1 syllabus has ten areas:
Types of business transactions and documentation
Duality of transactions and double-entry bookkeeping, including journal entries
The banking system and transactions
Payroll
General ledger accounts
Cash and bank, including petty cash
Sales and credit transactions
Purchases and credit transactions
Reconciliations of cash records and supplier accounts
Preparing the trial balance and correcting errors
Source: ACCA’s FA1 syllabus and study guide, September 2025 to August 2026. ACCA has published the guide for September 2026 to June 2027; check it on ACCA’s website before your exam.
A two-hour computer-based exam.
50 compulsory two-mark questions covering the whole syllabus, with both calculations and written-knowledge questions.
The pass mark for all FIA exams is 50%.
To be awarded the ACCA Qualification in Financial and Management Accounting (RQF Level 2), you pass FA1 and MA1 and complete ACCA’s online Foundations in Professionalism module.
FIA has three levels: RQF Level 2, 3 and 4. You can start at any level. ACCA recommends starting at the level that suits your background and taking the exams in order, but this is not a requirement. The other Level 2 exam is MA1 Management Information.
School leavers and beginners starting a career in accounting
Junior accounts clerks and junior bookkeepers
Accounts administration staff in a finance department or shared service centre
Classes run at our centre in Doha, with a hybrid option. Contact an advisor for the next FA1 batch, timings and fees.
You register with ACCA and book your exams through ACCA. Leaders provides the tuition. For the whole FIA programme, see FIA in Qatar.
Business transactions and documents, double-entry bookkeeping, banking, payroll, general ledger accounts, cash and petty cash, sales and purchases, reconciliations and the trial balance.
A two-hour computer-based exam with 50 compulsory two-mark questions. The pass mark is 50%.
No. FA1 is an introductory exam. ACCA allows entry to FIA at any level, so an advisor can help you decide whether to start with FA1 or a later exam.
Yes. Leaders Training Centre teaches FA1 at its centre in Doha. Contact an advisor for the next batch, timings and fees.
Tell us a little about yourself and an advisor will contact you about batch timings, fees and eligibility. No obligation.
Sat–Thu: 09:00–22:00Fri: 08:00–22:00

We provide full administrative support throughout the study, including exam enrollment, tutor communication, registration guidance, result updates, and comprehensive progress reports to management.
Tuition in Doha for MA1 Management Information, an ACCA Foundations in Accountancy (FIA) exam at RQF Level 2.
Tuition in Doha for FA2 Maintaining Financial Records, an ACCA Foundations in Accountancy (FIA) exam at RQF Level 3.
Tuition in Doha for MA2 Managing Costs and Finance, an ACCA Foundations in Accountancy (FIA) exam at RQF Level 3.
4.8
Based on 1,027 Google reviews