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Financial Accounting and Reporting, 21st edition provides a complete overview of this demanding subject, equipping you with the knowledge to understand, prepare and critically discuss IFRS-compliant financial statements with reference to the wider context and practice of financial reporting.
By covering technical areas using step-by-step worked examples, and drawing out the commercial implications, this comprehensive and detailed textbook can become a companion to your modules in financial accounting and reporting across more than one stage of your course.
Including both theoretical principles and up-to-date practical applications of international standards, this textbook provides you with a foundation to develop the skills you need to advance your career.
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PART 1 Introduction to accounting on a cash flow and accrual accounting basis
- 1 Accounting and reporting on a cash flow basis
- 2 Accounting and reporting on an accrual accounting basis
PART 2 Accountability
- 3 Corporate governance
- 4 Ethical behaviour and implications for accountants
- 5 Integrated reporting: sustainability, environmental and social
PART 3 Preparation of internal and published financial statements
- 6 Preparation of financial statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, changes in equity and financial position
- 7 Annual report: additional financial disclosures
- 8 Statements of cash flows
- 9 Accounting for price-level changes
PART 4 Regulatory framework – an attempt to achieve uniformity
- 10 Financial reporting – evolution of global standards
- 11 Concepts – evolution of an international conceptual framework
PART 5 Accounting for the elements of the financial statements
- 12 Share capital, distributable profits and reduction of capital
- 13 Property, plant and equipment (PPE)
- 14 Intangible assets
- 15 Inventories
- 16 Liabilities
- 17 Leasing
- 18 Revenue recognition
- 19 Taxation in company accounts
- 20 Employee benefits
- 21 Financial instruments
PART 6 Consolidated accounts
- 22 Accounting for groups at the date of acquisition
- 23 Preparation of consolidated statements of financial position after the date of acquisition
- 24 Preparation of consolidated statements of profit or loss, changes in equity and cash flows
- 25 Accounting for associates and joint arrangements
- 26 Introduction to accounting for exchange differences
PART 7 Interpretation
- 27 Earnings per share
- 28 Review of financial ratio analysis
- Analysis of published financial statements