| SUBJECT CODE |
: DCA106 |
| SUBJECT NAME |
: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING |
| SEMESTER |
: 2 |
| CREDIT HOURS |
: 4 |
| SCHOOL |
: School of Secretarial Studies |
| COURSE |
: Diploma / Diploma in Corporate Administration |
OBJECTIVES
The
objectives of this subject is to build up the final accounts of a
manufacturing company; to introduce the legal basic of a partnership
and how profits are shared between partners; to complete the studies of
partnerships by looking at the merger of two sole traders and the
dissolution of a partnership; to describe the legal and financial
structure of limited companies; ordinary shares and dividends,
preference shares and dividends, accounting for reserves, debentures
and taxation; to explain the need for a cash flow statement.
LEARNING OUTCOME
On completion of this subject, the learners should be able to:
- calculate prime cost and production costs of goods manufactured
- prepare a final financial statement
- identify the key features of a partnership
- draft the trading and profit and loss account and appropriation
account and the balance sheet for a partnership from a trial balance
incorporating period end adjustments including:
- accruals and prepayments
- depreciation
- bad and doubtful debts
- closing inventory
- draft the partnership balance sheet after a change in the partnership
- draft the partnership balance sheet after a merger of two sole traders
- explain the need for, and objectives of, financial statements
- prepare the financial statements of companies in accordance with the prescribed formats and relevant accounting standards
- define and account for current tax and the profits of companies
- prepare a cash flow statement
SYNOPSIS
Theoretical
framework of accounting and the principles underlying the creation and
presentation of accounting statements; the preparation of partnership
and limited company financial statements; methods of evaluating the
performance and the financial position of organisations from their
financial statements.