COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II
Code Course Type Regular Semester Theory Practice Lab Credits ECTS
BUS 232 B 4 4 0 0 4 5
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) M.Sc. Elvira Meti emeti@epoka.edu.al
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: M.Sc. Elvira Meti emeti@epoka.edu.al , By appointment.
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: NA
Language: English
Compulsory/Elective: Compulsory
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered) Bachelor in Banking and Finance (3 years)
Classroom and Meeting Time: Wednesday E-B32 12:40-14:30, & Thursday E-313 11:40-13:30
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: NA
Code of Ethics: Code of Ethics of EPOKA University
Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement: 75% Mandatory attendance requirement.
Course Description: Financial Accounting II: This course is a continuation of the first semester course “Financial Accounting I”. In Financial Accounting II, the topics cover mainly the right side of the balance sheet; liabilities and equity accounts. Exploring current liabilities and long term liabilities and the accounting used; stockholder’s equity, income and changes in retained earnings; statement of cash flows and a technique for preparation is presented by working through examples. In the completion of this course, students will become competent in researching, interpreting, and analyzing financial statements.
Course Objectives: To analyze and interpret financial statements, To understand the liability and equity accounts. Preparing cash flow statements. Apply and interpret basic financial statement analysis.
BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE
1 Bond Premiums and Discounts
2 Accelerated Depreciation Methods
3 Disposal of Plant Asset
4 Intangible Assets
5 Cash Flow
6 Operating activities
7 Investing activities
8 Financing activities
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
1 Introduction of the course and review of syllabus.
2 Plant and Intangible Assets (Chapter 9). Accounting for depreciable assets, methods of depreciation (straight-line, accelerated methods, units-of-output method). Accounting for Natural resources, depletion, inventories and C.O.G.S.
3 Current Liabilities (Chapter 10). Accounting for Current Liabilities which includes notes payable, account payable, accrued liabilities which arise from the recognition of expenses for which payment will be made in a future period, payroll liabilities and the computation of the total payroll cost split in Social Security, Federal Income Tax Payables and State Income Tax Payables Accounts, and unearned revenues (page 430-435). Long Term Liabilities (Chapter 10) Accounting for Bonds in discount and premiums.
4 Stockholders’ Equity (Chapter 11) Formation of Corporations, Stockholder records in a corporation, Paid in capital or contributed capital, Common stock and preferred stocks, journal entries in the formation of companies. Issuance of stocks, stock premiums (additional paid in capital) (page 480- 520)
5 Stockholders’ Equity: Paid in capital Accounting for legal reserves in Europe accounting jurisdiction, stock splits, market price of stocks, treasury stock (page 480- 520)
6 Income and Changes in Retained Earnings Computation and analysis of the earnings per share (EPS), preferred dividends and earnings per share and representation in income statement (page 522- 527)
7 Income and Changes in Retained Earnings Accounting for distribution of cash dividends, entries that record stock dividends, reasons for stock dividends, prior period adjustments reflected in the statement of retained earnings (page 528- 561)
8 Statement of Cash Flow Chapter 13 - Purpose of the statement, classifications of the cash flows, cash versus accrual information. Cash flows from operating activities which involve cash received from customers, interest and dividend received, cash payments for merchandise and for expenses, cash payment for interest and taxes. (page 564- 573)
9 Midterm Exam
10 Statement of Cash Flow Chapter 13- Preparation of the CFS by direct method- Cash Flows from Investing activities which includes purchases and sales of securities, loans made and collected, cash paid to acquire a plant asset and cash received from the sale of the plant assets. Cash flows from financing activities which includes the proceeds from short term borrowings, proceeds from issuing bonds payable and capital stock, cash dividend paid to stockholders ( page 573- 579)
11 Statement of Cash Flow Preparation of CFS by indirect method. Preparation of CFS with indirect method which requires supplementary schedule, budgeting as the primary cash management tool and follow on exercises
12 Financial Statement Analysis Chapter 14- Dollar and percentage change, Trend percentages, Component percentages, quality of the assets and the relative amount of debt. (page 622- 627)
13 Financial Statement Analysis Financial ratio analysis; liquidity, capital structure (solvency), and profitability. Measuring the liquidity and credit risk done through the following ratios ; working capital, current ratio, quick ratio, debt ratio. Measuring the profitability of the company through EPS (Earnings per share), P/E, ROI(Return on Investment), ROA (Return on Asset), ROE (Return on Equity). Analysis of common stockholders. Analysis by long-term creditors through yield rate on bonds, interest coverage ratio, debt ratio, secure claims. Analysis by short-term creditors through amount and quality of working capital, accounts receivable turnover rate, inventory turnover rate, operating cycle. ( until page 655)
14 General Review
Prerequisite(s): -
Textbook(s): Financial Accounting; 18th Edition By Jan Williams and Mark Bettner and Joseph Carcello, ISBN10: 1260247945, Copyright: 2021
Additional Literature: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions, 3ed Edition by Wild:McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2005 Kontabiliteti Financiar, Dhamo: Gervis, 2003 Pasqyrat Financiare: Sipas Standarteve te Kontabilitetit, Dhamo and Cela, 2008
Laboratory Work: -
Computer Usage: -
Others: No
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 Learning of transactions and related journal entries for right side of balance sheet; liabilities and stockholders’ equity.
2 To prepare and interpret cash flow statement by direct and indirect methods.
3 To have the ability about to analyze financial statements and different key indicators in the form of ratios & percentages.
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)
No Program Competencies Cont.
Bachelor in Banking and Finance (3 years) Program
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
Method Quantity Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
50
Other
1
10
Total Percent: 100%
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
Activities Quantity Duration(Hours) Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 1 64 64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 1 16 16
Mid-terms 1 10 10
Assignments 0
Final examination 1 20 20
Other 1 15 15
Total Work Load:
125
Total Work Load/25(h):
5
ECTS Credit of the Course:
5
CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER