Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | ADVANCED ACCOUNTING THEORY | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | ABSA308 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | ABSA204 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | Complex aspects of consolidated accounts: Examine and prepare complex group accounts that include amongst others: disposals of group companies, piecemeal acquisitions and foreign subsidiaries. Fair value accounting: Identify the accounting framework in international accounting and based on this critically evaluate the practice on fair value accounting. Impairment of assets and goodwill: Critically appraise the accounting practice of impairment of assets to accounting theory. Critically appraise the different ways goodwill could be accounted for. Provisions and contingencies: Examine the accounting practice and disclosures in line with international accounting practice. Substance over form: Critically evaluate the debate between economic substance over legal form in accounting and examine the various areas where there is a conflict between the two. Review the developments concerning off balance sheet finance. Critically appraise the effects on performance and on the financial position of off balance sheet options. Current developments: Examine recent proposals by international accounting standard setters concerning changes in accounting practice (including discussion papers). Critically appraise the current developments in international accounting practice concerning proposed changes. Examine changes in practice in financial instruments. Examine the issue of hamonisation of accounting practice. Examine the IASB Framework and its influence on accounting practice. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Lectures are supplemented with class exercises carried out in class and via homework. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |