Prepare a comprehensive report directed to an australian asx

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This assignment requires a consideration of accounting theory concepts with critical analysis with application to General Purpose Financial Reporting by corporations. Students are required to prepare a comprehensive report directed to an Australian ASX Top 100 listed corporation detailing a critical analysis of the effectiveness of the corporation to meet the obligations of the conceptual framework of accounting. The summary report should include data extracted from the General Purpose Financial Report relevant to the material analysed.

Select a company from Australian ASX Top 100 and make sure you select from Banking Sector.

SUGGESTIONS REGARDING ASSIGNMENT

USE YOUR INDEX WISELY......

Go to Balance Sheet, Income Statements, NOTE 1 (methods adopted by company) and other notes from the financial reports, Remuneration Report, Auditors Report

REMUNERATION REPORT - SCREEN SHOT OR TAKE ELEMENTS FROM ACTUAL REPORT IN RELATION TO EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION. LINKED TO PROFIT? SHARE PRICE? OR OTHER - consider how this drives culture with organisations including a desire to obtain profit to receive bonus payments.

ISSUES WITH REMUNERATION can be SELF INTEREST - SHORT TERM DECISION MAKING, TELEOPATHY (unhealthy pursuit of goals), manipulation of accounts, not adhering to the conceptual framework, aasb issues like in leases

In your discussion using examples from annual reports (of many companies) will assist however focus should be on your company(ies)

GPFR - general purpose financial reports - for users to make financial decisions perhaps to affect profit rather than in accordance with AASB or conceptual framework

INVENTORY - OVERSTATE- aasb VALUED AT COST OR LOWER OF COST OR MARKET.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - OVERSTATE - ESTIMATION OF PROVISION FOR BAD AND DOUBTFUL DEBTS - UNDERSTATE YOUR PROVISION

PPE - OVERVALUE - EXCESS VALUATION (PRUDENCE) - DEPRECIATION - CHOOSE METHODS perhaps to affect profit rather than in accordance with AASB or conceptual framework

LIABILITIES - LEASES - INTANGIBLE ASSETS - NOTES - LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF ANY LEASING

Contingent legal liabilities - where companies have had to pay out legal obligations due to issues

LEASES HAVE BEEN LEFT OFF BALANCE SHEETS - LIMIT RATIO - ATTRACT INVESTORS

Overstated Revenues, sales returns

Understated expenses

TAXATION

TRANSFER PRICING - FACEBOOK -TAXATION

Eg.TRANSFER PRICING - FACEBOOK -3-5 BN additional tax payments

DISCUSS PRUDENCE - WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR UPDATING THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

HOW YOU THINK THIS WILL AFFECT THE REPORTING? BENEFITS AND CRITICISMS (cpa eg)

The inclusion of prudence, then removal and now addition again by accounting.

Or are the issue much more complex than that? Do accountants adhere to the CF? Perhaps addressing remuneration and other issues would achieve better outcomes? Etc.

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12/17/2017 11:27:14 PM

Australian student, 3000 words. Select a company from Australian ASX Top 100 and make sure you select from Banking Sector. Firstly report can be on a single company or a difference in two same sector companies and it will be better if u choose company which is related to accounting banking. This assignment requires a consideration of accounting theory concepts with critical analysis with application to General Purpose Financial Reporting by corporations. In your discussion using examples from annual reports (of many companies) will assist however focus should be on your company(ies).

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