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Corporate Accounting Assignment - Business Report

Course Learning Outcomes addressed:

1- To demonstrate knowledge of broad business principles with depth of understanding of at least one business discipline.

2- To develop effective oral and written communication skills.

3- To develop the skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of business principles and demonstrate depth in at least one discipline.

4- To develop the skills to allow the acquisition and synthesising of information within a complex professional setting.

5- To develop and apply skills in critical thinking, complex problem solving and decision making.

6- To develop and apply knowledge of the social, economic, ethical and cultural contexts of business.

7- To develop and apply an understanding of independent as well as group learning.

Unit Learning Outcomes addressed:

1- Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and theoretical frameworks of Company Accounting with Accounting standards.

2- Explain the purpose, content, format and practical applications of the requirements pertaining to a range of key areas of corporate accounting practices.

3- Analyse and interpret issues relating to accounting for companies.

4- Develop and critically analyse the contextual and theoretical aspects of accounting for groups.

5- Implement the accounting standards of Corporate accounting for Share capital, Leases and company tax.

6- Apply the accounting standards for group of entities, Business combination and consolidation.

7- Apply the Principle of Fair value cash flow statement and Impairment Loss.

Assessment Task: Business reports are practical learning tasks where students apply the theories they have been studying to real world situations. The students are required to select a topic or work on a topic provided by the lecturer, collect information (Primary and/or secondary) or work on the information provided by the lecturer, and prepare a report describing a business problem or incident.

The Business Report topic is - Accounting for finance leases by manufacturer or dealer lessors.

ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION: This assessment is designed to assess the students' ability to research and analyse accounting standards, and interpret how to apply relate corporate accounting concepts to various scenarios. It evaluates students' problem solving and researching skills and enables them to communicate the financial affairs of a company. The assignment is consist of 2 sections; the theory section which assesses the researching skills and case study section with complex calculations which allows the students to apply relevant accounting standards to the real life case.

Textbook - The principal reference book is: Company Accounting 10e By John Hogget, John Sweeting, Jeffery Knapp AND Sue McGowan @ John Wiley e Sons Australia, Ltd 2015.