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Accounting processes, preparation and analysis of financial reports, the reporting framework. The course aims to introduce students intending to major in accounting to the essential techniques of financial accounting.
ACCT103 aims to introduce students, who intend to major in accounting or taxation and accounting (and have aspirations for membership of CPA Australia, or CA Australia and New Zealand), to the essential of financial accounting and taxation. Complementing ACCT102’s business usage perspective, ACCT103 presents a preparer’s perspective on bookkeeping and accounts, tax returns, and financial reports for typical forms of businesses. Students learn how to account for a variety of transactions, how to prepare financial reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices, and how these technical matters fit within concepts, ideas and rhetoric comprising conventional accounting theory. Topics covered in ACCT103 include: Introduction to taxation; Accrual and other bases of accounting; Double-entry book-keeping leading to the preparation of financial statements; Formats of financial statement of small and medium, unconsolidated, non-partnership enterprises; Revenue, expenses and income; Assets, liabilities and capital; and an Introduction to the New Zealand Standards Framework.
Having engaged in learning during the course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding (e.g. explain, discuss and apply) of: Double entry book-keeping and the preparation of general purpose financial reports, including statements of cash flow; Accounting for inventory and receivables, property, plant and equipment, and liabilities within the regulatory framework for general purpose financial reports; Explain and apply job costing and process costing; and Taxation theory, the concept of income, and residency for taxation purposes.
ACCT102 or ACIS102
ACIS103, AFIS101, AFIS103, AFIS111, AFIS121, AFIS131
Keith Dixon
Alistair Hodson and Neil Crombie
David Ma and Matt Scobie
Miller, Bob. , Reed, Deb., Kuruppu, Sanjaya; ACCT102 accounting and financial information ; Pearson, 2012 (The required ACCT102 textbook).
Mitrione, Lorena; Principles of financial accounting ; 3rd ed; John Wiley and Sons Australia, 2013.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand. , New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants; Applicable financial reporting standards : New Zealand equivalents to international financial reporting standards ; Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand.
Course Outline S2 2014 outline Learn
Domestic fee $709.00
International fee $3,063.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .