Course Description:

Objective

   ·       Accounting and Financial Statements

   ·       Key Financial Statements

   ·       Relationship among the Financial Statements

   ·       Management Uses of Financial Statements

   ·       Liabilities Defined and Classified

Reporting and Interpreting Owners’ Equity

   ·       Ownership of a Corporation

   ·       Types of Capital Stock

   ·       Transparency in Financial Reporting

   ·       Stock Splits and Dividends

   ·       Corporate Annual Reports

   ·       Segment Reporting and Analysis

Reporting and Interpreting Sales Revenue

   ·       Accounting for Investments

   ·       Receivables and Sales Returns

   ·       Fair Value and Equity Methods

 ·       Accounting for Sales Revenues and Sales Discount

   ·       Measuring and Reporting Receivables

   ·       Cash and Cash Equivalents

Reporting and Interpreting Investments

   ·       Management Discussion and Analysis

  ·       Types of Equity and Debt Investments

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

        ·       Depreciation and Amortization

        ·       Accounting for Disposal of Assets

        ·       Reporting and Accounting for Intangibles

 FOR WHOM: Directors, Financial Controllers, Accountants, Auditors, Finance and Accounting Professionals, Finance Managers/ Supervisors, Business Development Managers, Decision Makers, Management Accountants/Staff, Stakeholders and others who seek to enhance practical finance and accounting knowledge.