FNS40217 Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for FNS40217 ended on 13 June 2022 — 4 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

New enrolments are not permitted from 15 June 2023 — one year from the date the replacement was included on the National Register (s 14(1)(a)(i) of the National VET Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR RTOs and Fit and Proper Person Requirements) Instrument 2025 (F2025L00355, in force 1 July 2025)), or from a later date if ASQA has approved otherwise for your organisation.

Learners already enrolled have no fixed deadline: they complete the product and are issued their AQF certification, or transfer to the replacement, in a timely manner (ASQA guidance, read live 25 August 2026).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. When enrolments stop, the course page advertising it stops being permitted too — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
FNS — Financial Services Training Package
Currency period ends
13 June 2022
Latest release
Release 1 · 13 February 2018
Supersedes
FNS40615, FNS40215
Superseded by
FNS40222 equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. FNS40217Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping
  2. equivalent
  3. FNS40222CurrentCertificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • FNS40215FNS40217not equivalent12 February 2018

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

  • FNS40615FNS40217not equivalent12 February 2018

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

  • FNS40217FNS40222equivalent14 June 2022

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

Is FNS40217 on your scope?

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Whether a supersession requires anything of you, and what, sits with you and your regulator. This page maps what the register records; it does not make that judgement. If the difference between an equivalent and a non-equivalent replacement is the question, we wrote it up in equivalent vs not equivalent.

What FNS40217 is made of

training.gov.au lists 32 units for FNS40217: 8 core and 24 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Core units 8 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBFIA401Prepare financial reportsnot current
BSBSMB412Introduce cloud computing into business operationsnot current
FNSACC311Process financial transactions and extract interim reportsnot current
FNSACC312Administer subsidiary accounts and ledgersnot current
FNSACC408Work effectively in the accounting and bookkeeping industrynot current
FNSACC416Set up and operate a computerised accounting systemnot current
FNSTPB401Complete business activity and instalment activity statementsnot current
FNSTPB402Establish and maintain payroll systemsnot current

Elective units 24 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCUS301Deliver and monitor a service to customersnot current
BSBCUS403Implement customer service standardsnot current
BSBITU306Design and produce business documentsnot current
BSBITU402Develop and use complex spreadsheetsnot current
BSBSMB401Establish legal and risk management requirements of small businessnot current
BSBSMB402Plan small business financesnot current
BSBSMB405Monitor and manage small business operationsnot current
BSBWOR501Manage personal work priorities and professional developmentnot current
BSBWRT301Write simple documentsnot current
FNSACC313Perform financial calculationsnot current
FNSACC405Maintain inventory recordscurrent
FNSACC407Produce job costing informationcurrent
FNSACC411Process business tax requirementscurrent
FNSACC412Prepare operational budgetscurrent
FNSACC413Make decisions in a legal contextcurrent
FNSACC414Prepare financial statements for non-reporting entitiescurrent
FNSACM401Evaluate and authorise payment requestsnot current
FNSORG505Prepare financial reports to meet statutory requirementsnot current
FNSORG506Prepare financial forecasts and projectionscurrent
FNSPAY501Process salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances in payrollnot current
FNSPAY502Process superannuation payments in payrollnot current
FNSPAY503Process complex employee terminations in payrollnot current
FNSPAY504Interpret and apply knowledge of industrial regulations relevant to payrollnot current
FNSPAY505Interpret and apply knowledge of taxation systems relevant to payrollnot current

Core and elective are the register's own flags on the unit grid of the release read here. "Not current" means training.gov.au no longer recommends that unit for use inside this product — it does not say anything about the product itself.

Source: this product on training.gov.au, Australia's national training register — or go straight to the units it requires. The rule itself is item 14 of F2025L00355, and ASQA publishes the extensions it has granted. Read on 28 August 2026 UTC. Every code, title, date, status and equivalence flag on this page is the register's; nothing here is estimated or inferred, and where the register publishes nothing we say so.

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