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Corporate Accounting syllabus

ACS 2036 units · 37 topicsAcademic year 2083/84
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Corporate Accounting

6 units

1. Introduction (4 LHs)

  1. Corpoarte accounting
    1. Corpoarte accounting: concept, objectives, importance and limitations, steps involved in corpoarate accounting
  2. Corporate Financial Reporting
    1. Corporate Financial Reporting: requirements of corporate reporting, recent trends in financial reporting
  3. Corporate social responsibility
    1. Corporate social responsibility
  4. Accounting Standards
    1. Accounting Standards: Concept, need, nature, issues and classification
  5. Nepalese Accounting Standards
    1. Nepalese Accounting Standards (NAS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), Relative aspects of NAS and IAS.

2. Shares and Debenture (5 LHs)

  1. Share capital
    1. Share capital: concept, importance, types (equity and preference)
  2. Book building, DEMAT shares and employee shares
    1. Book building, DEMAT shares and employee shares
  3. Concept of share premium, share discount, bonus shares, right shares and underwriting
    1. Concept of share premium, share discount, bonus shares, right shares and underwriting
  4. Redemption and conversion of preference shares Debentures
    1. Redemption and conversion of preference shares Debentures: concept, importance and types of debentures
  5. Concept of debenture premium and debenture discount, redemption and conversion of debentures
    1. concept of debenture premium and debenture discount, redemption and conversion of debentures
  6. Differences between shares and debentures
    1. Differences between shares and debentures.

3. Valuation of Goodwill and Shares (6 LHs)

  1. Goodwill
    1. Goodwill: concept, features and need for valuation of goodwill and shares, Factors affecting the value of goodwill and accounting treatment
  2. Methods of valuing goodwill
    1. Methods of valuing goodwill: Average profit method, super profit method, capitalization method, annuity method
  3. Valuation of shares
    1. Valuation of shares: concept and need, Factors affecting value of shares
  4. Methods of valuation of shares
    1. Methods of valuation of shares: net assets method, yield method, earning capacity method.

4. Various aspects of Company Accounts (15 LHs)

  1. Company expansion through Amalgamation and Absorption
    1. Company expansion through Amalgamation and Absorption: meaning and concept
  2. Purchase consideration
    1. Purchase consideration: concept and determination
  3. Accounting treatment in the books of both Purchasing and Vendor Company
    1. Accounting treatment in the books of both Purchasing and Vendor Company
  4. Preparation of Balance Sheet by Purchasing Company. Internal and external reconstruction
    1. Preparation of Balance Sheet by Purchasing Company. Internal and external reconstruction: Meaning, importance, need and accounting treatment & balance sheet after reconstruction. Expansion through Subsidiary companies and Holding Company: Concept of Holding and Subsidiary Company, preparation of Consolidated Balance Sheet by Holding Company after due consideration of: Pre-acquisition and post-acquisition profit, Minority Interest, Cost of Control/Goodwill or Capital Reserve,
    2. Elimination of common transactions, Treatment of contingent liabilities and unrealized profit, Revaluation of assets and liabilities, Dividend from Subsidiary Company and preference shares in subsidiaries. Corporate Liquidation: Concept and reasons for liquidation procedures of winding up as per Company Act
  5. Liquidator's Final statement of Account
    1. Liquidator's Final statement of Account: meaning, contents and preparation showing amount realized from assets realized.

5. Price Level Changes (10 LHs)

  1. Concept of Price Level Change
    1. Concept of Price Level Change: Inflation and Deflation
  2. Current Purchasing Power Accounting
    1. Current Purchasing Power Accounting: Concept and preparation of financial statements after Price Level Adjustments
  3. Current Cost Accounting
    1. Current Cost Accounting: Concept and determination: Current Replacement Cost, Net Realizable Value of Assets, Depreciation Adjustment, Holding Gains, Inventory Adjustment, Cost of Sales Adjustment, Monetary Working Capital Adjustment, Gearing Adjustment, Current Cost Reserve: Preparation of Current Cost Profit and Loss Account, Current Cost Balance Sheet.

6. New Trends in Accounting (8 LHs)

  1. Human Resource Accounting
    1. Human Resource Accounting: Concept
  2. Objectives and benefits of HRA
    1. objectives and benefits of HRA
  3. Valuation of Human Resources
    1. Valuation of Human Resources: Historical Cost Approach
  4. Replacement Cost Approach
    1. Replacement Cost Approach
    2. Opportunity Cost
  5. Standard Cost Approach
    1. Standard Cost Approach
  6. Present Value Approach. Social Accounting
    1. Present Value Approach. Social Accounting: Concept and approaches
  7. Social responsibilities of business
    1. Social responsibilities of business
  8. Measurement of social cost benefit
    1. Measurement of social cost benefit
  9. Social Accounts and Balance Sheet. Environment Accounting
    1. Social Accounts and Balance Sheet. Environment Accounting: Concept
    2. needs
    3. scope
  10. Forms and elements of environment accounting. Forensic Accounting
    1. forms and elements of environment accounting. Forensic Accounting: Concept
    2. functions
  11. Needs of forensic accounting
    1. needs of forensic accounting
  12. Detection techniques used in forensic accounting
    1. detection techniques used in forensic accounting
  13. Critical aspects to be followed while conducting forensic accounting. Sustainable Accounting
    1. critical aspects to be followed while conducting forensic accounting. Sustainable Accounting: Concept
  14. Objectives and needs of sustainable accounting
    1. objectives and needs of sustainable accounting