Financial Reporting II

Catalog description

The second part of a two-semester curriculum covering financial reporting and the rules governing the preparation of financial statements. Analyzes the accounting and reporting of Shareholders' Equity. Analysis is extended to cover the accounting treatment of several special and important subjects such as leasing, pensions and post retirement benefits, taxes, and the statement of cash flows. Financial reporting guides of advanced and problematic topics such as derivatives and financial instruments, stock based compensation, software, and restructuring of troubled debt are also extensively discussed and analyzed.