Financial Accounting and Reporting Course in Dubai on 22 Apr 2012

Dubai, UAE

Financial Accounting and Reporting Course Program Outline:
Financial Statements and Business Decisions
- Accounting and Financial Systems
- Four Key Financial Statements
- Relationship among the Financial Statements – Management Uses of Financial Statements The Need for Financial Reporting
- The Evolving Role of Financial Accountants
- Transparency in Financial Reporting
- The Concept of Quality of Earnings
- Corporate Annual Reports
- Segment Reporting and Analysis
- Management Discussion and Analysis Reporting and Interpreting Sales Revenue, Receivables and Cash
- Accounting for Sales Revenues, Sales Discounts and Sales Returns
- Measuring and Reporting Receivables
- Cash and Cash Equivalents Reporting and Interpreting Cost of Goods Sold and Inventory
- Nature of Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold
- Inventory Costing Methods
- Inventory Valuation and Write Down Reporting and Interpreting Property, Plant and Equipment; Natural Resources and Intangibles
- Classifying Long-Lived Assets
- Measuring and Recording Fixed Assets
- Accounting for Subsequent Costs of Repairs, Maintenance, and Additions
- Depreciating and Amortization
- Accounting for Disposal of Assets
- Reporting and Accounting for Intangibles
- Accounting for Natural Resources
Reporting and Interpreting Liabilities
- Liabilities Defined and Classified
- Accounting for Contingent Liabilities Reporting and Interpreting Owners’ Equity
- Ownership of a Corporation
- Types of Capital Stock
- Accounting for Capital Stock
- Stock Splits and Dividends
- Accounting for Treasury Shares Reporting and Interpreting Investments
- Types of Equity and Debt Investments
- Accounting for Investments
- Fair Value and Equity Methods