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Advanced Financial Reporting - ACCT5943
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Faculty: Australian School of Business
 
 
School:  School of Accounting
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.ace.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: ACCT5930; Corequisite: ACCT5942
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

The analysis of contemporary accounting issues within theoretical frameworks such as agency theory and the context of the conceptual frameworks used in setting accounting standards. Reporting problems in particular industries and with particular types of assets and liabilities (such as complex financial instruments); cutting edge accounting issues and the deliberations of local and overseas accounting rule-making bodies; and proposals for the strengthening of external financial reporting.

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