Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping

Certificate IV

Duration

4 months – 1.6 years

Indicative Cost

$2,650 – $32,500

AUD — confirm with college

Colleges

ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Median cost

$10,200

Half charge more, half less

What this course is

Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping is a certificate iv that typically takes 4 months – 1.6 years and is offered by 73 accredited providers across ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA in the field of Management and Commerce.

Estimated total cost of study

Based on tuition from the CRICOS register, DHA living cost figures, and the current student visa application charge. Duration: 0.4 years – 1.6 years.

Tuition

Total course cost as registered on the CRICOS register. Confirm current fees directly with the provider before applying.

$2,650 – $32,500

Living costs

DHA financial capacity figure — $29,710/year × 0.4 years – 1.6 years. This is the amount DHA requires students to demonstrate access to; actual living costs vary by city and lifestyle.

$10,856 – $47,422

Student visa application charge (Subclass 500)

Government fee, primary applicant. Effective 1 July 2026.

$2,500

Estimated total

Range reflects different providers offering this course.

$16,006 – $82,422

Not included: Health cover (OSHC) and medical exam costs. OSHC cost varies by approved provider and policy length. There is no government-set price — each provider (ahm, Allianz Care, BUPA, CBHS, Medibank, nib) sets their own rates independently. No verified figure is available for medical exam and biometric costs either.

Tuition source: CRICOS register (Commonwealth of Australia). Retrieved from the Australian CRICOS register. Not guaranteed current — confirm fees directly with the provider.

Living costs source: Migration (LIN 19/198) Amendment (LIN 24/042) Specification 2024 — Federal Register of Legislation (F2024L00529). Retrieved 2026-08-07. Effective 2024-05-10.

Visa charge source: Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2026 (F2026L00874). Retrieved 2026-08-07. Effective 2026-07-01.

Where you can study this course

73 colleges on the CRICOS register offer this course. Narrow the list, or sort it by a figure that matters to you.

Colleges shown: 73
Median cost: A$10,200

What colleges charge for this course (select a column to narrow the list)

A$3kmedian A$10kA$33k+

The same course, the same register. Each column is the total fee recorded against the course, in dollars. Where a college sits on this spread is worth asking them about.

State

Type

Sort

H.C.H INVESTMENTS PTY. LTD.VIC6 monthsA$2,650A$98/week
Gold Coast Learning Centre Pty LtdQLD1 yearA$5,300A$102/week
IBMA Education Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$6,000A$115/week
Kent Institute Australia Pty LtdNSW11 monthsA$6,018A$123/week
Elite Education Group PTY. LTD.NSW1 yearA$6,450A$124/week
Captain Cook Institute Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$6,700A$129/week
Department of Training and Workforce DevelopmentWA6 monthsA$6,924A$266/week
Chisholm InstituteVIC6 monthsA$7,052A$271/week
Gordon Institute of TAFEVIC6 monthsA$7,145A$275/week
Global Business College Of Australia Pty LtdVIC8 monthsA$7,500A$227/week
TasTAFETAS6 monthsA$7,630A$293/week
Sunraysia Institute of TAFEVIC6 monthsA$7,740A$323/week
TAFE QueenslandQLD6 monthsA$7,900A$304/week
Clarendon Business College Pty LtdNSW11 monthsA$8,000A$163/week
Supreme Business College Pty LtdNSW11 monthsA$8,000A$163/week
Academies Australasia Institute Pty LimitedNSW11 monthsA$8,000A$163/week
Australian College of Technology Pty LtdNSW11 monthsA$8,000A$163/week
Sydney International Institute Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$8,000A$154/week
Student Development and Learning (SDL) Academy Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$8,000A$154/week
Australian Vocational Training Institute Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$8,000A$154/week
West Australian Institute of Further Studies Pty LtdWA9 monthsA$8,100A$213/week
Box Hill InstituteVIC8 monthsA$8,315A$245/week
Canberra Institute of TechnologyACT6 monthsA$8,490A$327/week
Academies Australasia Polytechnic Pty LimitedVIC11 monthsA$8,500A$173/week
Bankstown Community College Inc.NSW1 yearA$8,700A$167/week
Avir Institute of Skills Pty LtdVIC8 monthsA$8,800A$244/week
Holmesglen InstituteVIC4 monthsA$8,930A$470/week
Sunway International College Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$9,200A$177/week
Melbourne PolytechnicVIC6 monthsA$9,260A$356/week
Technical and Further Education CommissionNSW5 monthsA$9,350A$407/week
Young Rabbit Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$9,400A$181/week
Lan-Grove Office Training Centre Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$9,600A$185/week
Education Investors Pty LtdSA1 yearA$9,750A$188/week
Bendigo Kangan InstituteVIC5 monthsA$10,000A$500/week
Australian Training School Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$10,000A$192/week
Sydney Centre for Finance Studies Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$10,000A$192/week
Australian Ideal College Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$10,200A$196/week
Angel Investments Group Pty LtdVIC1 yearA$10,200A$196/week
Thames International College Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$10,450A$201/week
Le Rosey Hospitality Institute Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$10,450A$201/week
HiTech Institute Australia Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$10,450A$201/week
Victorian Institute of Education Pty ltdNSW1 yearA$10,500A$202/week
Australian Engineering College Pty LtdVIC8 monthsA$10,750A$299/week
Cass Training Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$10,800A$208/week
Centennial College Pty LtdNSW1.6 yearsA$10,950A$132/week
Stanford College Australia Pty LtdVIC1 yearA$11,000A$212/week
Swinburne University of TechnologyVIC6 monthsA$11,520A$443/week
Malekhu Investments Pty LtdQLD1 yearA$11,600A$223/week
Manigram Pty LtdQLD1 yearA$11,600A$223/week
Macquarie Education Group Australia Pty LtdNSW1 yearA$12,000A$231/week

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Source: CRICOS register, Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 2.5 AU. The register is authoritative for registration, provider and course code. It is not authoritative for fees, duration or intake dates — those are provider-published, and the college is the one to confirm them with.

Entry requirements

The CRICOS register does not publish entry requirements. They are set and published by each provider. Open the provider's own page for the requirements that apply to a given course and intake.

Course details and pricing are from the Australian CRICOS register. Providers may have updated their offerings, confirm directly with the provider before applying.

Questions about Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping

Answered from the records on this page.

How much does this course actually cost?

Across the 73 colleges with a fee recorded, this course runs from A$2,650 to A$32,500, with a middle figure of A$10,200. That is the same qualification on the same register — the spread is real, and it is the reason the list above can be sorted by price and by cost per week. Fees come from the CRICOS register, which is not authoritative for what a college charges today.

Why does a price here differ from the college's own website?

The register records what the provider lodged. The provider's own page records what they charge now. Where the two differ, the college is the one to trust — always confirm the fee, the course length and the intake dates with them before you apply or pay anything.

Does it matter which state I study this in?

This course is registered with colleges across 7 states and territories, and the fee varies between them — you can see the spread above. Living costs also differ by city, and that difference is often larger than the difference in tuition. What we cannot tell you is which is right for you; that depends on things this register does not record.

What does this page not tell me?

Entry requirements, English language levels, intake dates and what the course leads to afterwards. The CRICOS register does not publish any of those, so neither do we. Entry requirements are set by each college. For anything about a visa, a registered migration agent is the person to ask — every one of them holds a number issued by the Migration Agents Registration Authority.