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Understanding accounting concepts and conventions
The fourteen concepts and conventions from the AASB Framework — accrual accounting, accounting entity, accounting period, consistency, duality, going concern, monetary unit, legal entity, historical cost, materiality, prudence, realisation, relevance and faithful representation — sit underneath every later topic. This area also covers the accounting entity versus the legal entity across ownership structures, the accounting equation and double-entry recording, the four reports and the links between them, and the impact of digital technologies, regulatory frameworks and stakeholder information needs on accounting activity.
Managing financial sustainability
The largest area of study: fully classified income statements and balance sheets for a sole trader, the statement of changes in equity, balance-day adjustments (prepaid and accrued expenses and revenue, depreciation by straight-line, diminishing-balance and units-of-use), perpetual inventory cards and ledgers using FIFO or specific identification with stocktake adjustments and lower of cost or net realisable value, the debtors ledger, control account and schedule of debtors with bad debts, allowance for doubtful debts and ageing analysis, bank reconciliation statements and the statement of cash flows, cash budgets and schedules of collections, breakeven analysis, and ratios for return, liquidity and solvency.
Providing accounting advice
The reports, ratios and budgeted figures produced in the second area of study become evidence here. This area covers analysing and interpreting classified and budgeted reports and their limitations, advising on the suitability of ownership structures and sources of finance, forecasting possible business outcomes with options and a recommendation, and weighing social, legal, economic, technological, environmental and ethical considerations.
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