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CO5122 - Accounting for Corporations
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject is particularly useful to students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of Accounting, Graduate Diploma in Accounting, Master of Professional Accounting, Master of Professional Accounting/Master of Business Administration or Master of Professional Accounting Advanced but it would also be of value to other postgardaute students.
This subject covers the essential components of accounting for corporations including company formation, financing company operations, income tax, business combinations, asset impairment, liquidations and consolidations.
Learning Outcomes
- develop a sound understanding of the accounting approaches applied to company formation;
- appreciate the impact of consolidated accounting on the economic entity and the various accounting adjustments required to portray this relationship;
- understand how to apply impairment testing on the valuation of certain types of assets;
- demonstrate the application and reasoning of tax accounting on the economic entity.
| Prerequisites: | CO5117 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
CO5107 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Karen Ness, Dr Sandra Wallace |
| Lecturer: | Mr Douglas Dunstan. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (25%); online quiz (25%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Sandra Wallace |
| Lecturer: | Ms Karen Ness. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (25%); online quiz (25%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 05-Dec-2019 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (25%); online quiz (25%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (25%); online quiz (25%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 11-Apr-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Karen Ness |
| Lecturer: | Mrs Cassandra Bennett. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (25%); online quiz (25%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Karen Ness, Dr Sandra Wallace |
| Lecturer: | Mrs Cassandra Bennett. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
|
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (25%); online quiz (25%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 05-Dec-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Karen Ness |
| Lecturer: | Mrs Cassandra Bennett. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
|
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (25%); online quiz (25%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.