Accounting for the real estate industry

Practical seminar for newcomers

This training is held in German.
Learn the structure and organization of accounting in the real estate sector in this basic seminar. This includes the statutory accounting regulations from commercial and tax law. Practical transactions relating to the acquisition, development and sale of real estate are examined with an illustrated presentation of the accounting system. Understand how ongoing management costs and rental income are recorded using the housing industry chart of accounts. In addition, you will receive an overview of the annual financial statements to be prepared.

Contents

Further training according to MaBV

Bookkeeping as a component of business accounting

  • The nature and function of accounting.
  • Legal basis and regularity.
  • Principles of commercial and tax law.
  • Inventory and stocktaking.

Posting to accounts as part of double-entry bookkeeping

  • Booking technique and system.
  • Opening and closing accounts.
  • Balance sheet accounts.
  • Income statement accounts.
  • Closing entry via income statement and closing balance sheet account.

Organization of accounting

  • Structure and purpose of charts of accounts - Chart of accounts.
  • Chart of accounts for the real estate industry compared to the commercial law classification of the balance sheet and income statement.
  • Document organization.

Asset accounting in the real estate and housing industry

  • Accrual of fixed and current assets.   
  • Balance sheet classification of fixed assets.
  • Recognition of land and real estate held as fixed assets on acquisition.
  • Development and sale in consideration of acquisition and production costs.
  • Differentiation between maintenance/repair/modernization.

Recognition of property management costs (operating costs) and rental income

  • Recording of ongoing operating costs during the financial year, including maintenance, insurance, heating costs, etc.
  • Determination of allocable operating costs as at the balance sheet date and accounting.
  • Posting of the operating cost statement.
  • Debit entry of monthly rental income including advance payments of operating costs.
  • Recognition of rent losses.

Overview of special VAT features for real estate

  • VAT on the purchase and sale of land and real estate.
  • VAT opting for letting.

Overview of preparatory annual financial statement activities

  • Components of the annual financial statements (in particular balance sheet and income statement).
  • General valuation and amortization (scheduled and unscheduled).
  • Provisions.
  • Prepaid expenses and deferred income.
  • Retained earnings/renewal reserve.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

This basic seminar focuses on business accounting in compliance with commercial and tax regulations, as well as the accounting of practice-oriented business transactions from the real estate and housing industry and their effects on the annual financial statements.

  • You will learn about the current legal standards of commercial and tax law with regard to accounting obligations and their application.
  • You will learn the general accounting system of double-entry bookkeeping and the accounting procedure from the opening to the closing of the balance sheet and income statement accounts with balances shown on the balance sheet and income statement.
  • They post important business transactions relating to fixed assets, property management costs and rental income using the housing industry chart of accounts.
  • You will understand how accounting transactions and year-end closing activities affect the balance sheet and income statement at the end of the year.
  • You will receive comprehensive seminar documentation with prepared case studies and exercises.
  • The know-how you acquire will make it easier for you to work with your commercial management, tax offices, tax consultants and banks.

Methods

trainer, lecture, exercises with exemplary business cases, case studies.

Recommended for

For newcomers and re-entrants, commercial Employees from companies in the housing and real estate industry who want to learn the basics of accounting systems - along with in-depth study and posting of real estate-specific business transactions, taking into account the impact on the balance sheet and income statement.

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"Very good lecturers and good seminar content."

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WWK Lebensversicherung a. G., Munich

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Participant Live-Online-Training, Maier Immobilien

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Participants in live online training, AWG Krefeld

Seminar evaluation for "Accounting for the real estate industry"

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23.06.2025
Düsseldorf
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24.11.2025
Munich
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