CORPORATE ACCOUNTING

Paper Code: 
24ATG 321
Credits: 
06
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to acquire the conceptual knowledge of corporate accounting and to understand the various techniques of accounting and preparing financial statements for different forms of companies. 

 

Course Outcomes: 

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24ATG321

Corporate Accounting (Theory)

CO61: Develop an understanding of conditions for internal reconstruction and accounting in internal reconstruction.

CO62: Understand the accounting for amalgamation in the case of merger and purchase and liquidation of companies.

CO63: Prepare Statement of affairs including deficiency /surplus account as well as Liquidator’s statement.

CO 64: Prepare consolidated financial statements for Holding companies.

CO 65: Able to calculate value additions and human resource for its proper accounting evaluate Government accounting, social accounting and environmental accounting.

CO66: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in Teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Problem Solving Sessions & Presentations

Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Case Study Analysis, Class Presentations (Individual & Group)

 

Continuous Assessment Test, Semester End Examinations, Quiz, Solving Numerical Problems, Assignments,

Individual & Group Projects

 

18.00
Unit I: 
Corporate Financial Reporting and Internal Reconstruction

● Corporate Financial Reporting:
Reporting of Balance sheet, Profit and loss account.
● Internal Reconstruction:
Alteration of Share Capital, Conversion of Fully Paid Shares into Stock and Stock into Shares, Objectives of Capital Reduction, Procedure, Accounting Arrangement

18.00
Unit II: 
Amalgamation of Companies

● Forms of Amalgamation, Motive for Amalgamation, Calculation of Purchase Consideration, Methods of Accounting for Amalgamation: Pooling of Interests Method, Purchase Method, Distinction between Pooling of Interests Method and Purchase Method, Accounting for Amalgamation (Including Inter Company Investments)

18.00
Unit III: 
Liquidation of Companies

● Meaning of Liquidation, Winding up by Court, Voluntary Winding Up, Preferential Payments, Preparation of Statement of Affairs, Deficiency/Surplus Account, Liquidator’s Final Statement of Account, Receiver for Debenture Holder, B List of Contributories.

18.00
Unit IV: 
Accounting for Holding Companies

● Concept of Holding and subsidiary companies,
● Consolidated Financial Statements including inter-company transactions and investments.

18.00
Unit V: 
Contemporary Issues in Accounting

● Value Added Accounting: Methods of calculating value additions- Additive and Subtractive approach, Kinds of value added- Gross value added and net value added
● Human Resource Accounting: Meaning, Approaches to HRA, Methods
● Social Responsibility Accounting: Meaning, need, form of accounting
● Government Accounting: General principles, Consolidation of funds, compilation of accounts
● Environmental Accounting: Concept, Forms, Scope, Limitations of Environmental Accounting, Flaws of conventional system of accounting

Essential Readings: 
  1. Advance Accountancy- Jain, KhandelwalPareek( Ajmera Book Company)
  2. Modern Accountancy- A Mukharjee& M Hanif(Tata McGraw Hill)
  3. Corporate Accounting-S.N. Maheshwari and S.K Maheshwari(Vikash Publishing House Pvt Ltd)
  4. Higher Accounting- Jain, Khandelwal, Pareek (RBD Publishing House)

 

References: 

Suggested Readings:

  1. Advanced Accounting-R.L Gupta, M Radhaswamy(S. Chand& Sons New Delhi)
  2. Accounting Theory-L.S  Porwal(Tata,McGraw Hill)
  3. Advanced Accounts-Shukla, Grewal, Gupta(S.Chand)
  4. Advanced Accountancy-S.NMaheshwari(Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd)
  5. Advanced Accountancy- M.A. Arulanandam, K.S. Raman (Himalaya Publishing House)

 

e-Resources:

  1. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=vlh1DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  2. https://india.oup.com/productPage/5591038/7421214/9780190124052

 

Note- The candidate shall be permitted to use battery operated pocket calculator that should not have more than 12 digits, 6 functions and 2 memories and should be noiseless and cordless.

 

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