Postgraduate TAS-BFA605-2023
Contemporary Financial Accounting and Reporting
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Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
14 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
Subjects may require attendance
Prior study
Required
Start dates
- 20 Feb 2023
- 10 Jul 2023
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Subject details
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Integrate contemporary technical and theoretical accounting knowledge in business reporting
- Recommend solutions to diverse audiences using accounting principles and standards in contemporary business
- Audit peer accounting documentation submissions to provide meaningful opportunities for improvement
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- Week 1 - Regulatory Theory and the nature and regulation of companies
- Week 2 - Revaluations and Impairment testing of non-current assets
- Week 3 - Accounting for Intangibles
- Week 4 - Accounting for Leases
- Week 5 - Skill-building workshop for completion of Assessment 2 Part 1(b)
- Week 6 - Statements of: Other comprehensive income and changes in equity
- Week 7 - Accounting for income taxes
- Week 8 - Work on Assessment 2 Part 2
- Week 9 - Group structures
- Week 10 - Group structures cont’d
- Week 11 - Foreign currency transactions and translations
- Week 12 - Accounting for investments in associates and joint ventures
- Week 13-Revision
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
The understanding that you gained while studying BFA507 The Accounting Framework will be extended to develop your accounting knowledge and skills in the context of more complex financial and corporate accounting issues. The subject covers an understanding of how financial transactions are recorded and reported for different entities, including companies and groups as well as the theoretical issues and concepts involved in the preparation and presentation of General Purpose Financial Statements.
- Online invigilated test (40%)
- Presentation (20%)
- Case study (25%)
- Peer evaluation letter (15%)
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