This course covers the characteristics of the Australian accounting environment and its financial reporting requirements for companies, and expands on accounting for non-current assets, accounting for intangible assets, accounting for liabilities and owners' equity, accounting for a range of financial accounting issues (e.g., leases and income tax), and, most importantly, provides a comprehensive coverage of consolidation issues.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Explain the regulatory environment in which the companies are formed and operate in Australia.
- Discuss the accounting and reporting requirements of the Corporations Act and relevant Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) accounting standards.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the advanced issues in accounting for assets, liabilities and owners’ equity.
- Record and illustrate the effects of a range of advanced financial accounting issues
- Demonstrate an understanding of the accounting requirements for a corporate group and explain the theory underlying the methods used to account for inter-company investments.
- Prepare consolidated accounts for a corporate group.
- Analyse complex issues in the topic, formulate well reasoned and coherent arguments and reach well considered conclusions.
Other Information
Indicative Assessment
- Typical assessment may include, but not restricted to, class participation, assignment(s), quizzes and examination(s). (100) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
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Workload
Students taking this course are expected to commit at least 10 hours a week to completing the work. This will include 3 hours per week in class and at least 7 hours a week on average (including non-teaching weeks) on course reading, research, writing and assignment work.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Information about the prescribed textbook (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary.
Assumed Knowledge
You are expected to be proficient with the principles and practice of double-entry bookkeeping, in particular, journal entry and financial statement preparation. A thorough understanding of the main elements of the financial statements, for example, revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, is also assumed. If it has been some time since you were familiar these areas, you might need to revise them. You are also expected to be familiar with accounting procedures regarding issue, forfeiture, and reissue of shares, and accounting for dividends and reserves. Again, you might need to refresh your memory if it has been some time since the prerequisites were studied.Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 34
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $4560 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $5820 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2221 | 20 Feb 2023 | 27 Feb 2023 | 31 Mar 2023 | 26 May 2023 | In Person | View |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5212 | 24 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Aug 2023 | 27 Oct 2023 | In Person | View |