Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
45.0 h + 15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Danaux Géraldine (compensates De Wolf Michel); De Rongé Yves (coordinator); De Wolf Michel;
Language
French
Prerequisites
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
Part I The IAS/IFRS
1. The main principles
2. The valuation rules according to the IAS/IFRS applied to
a. Asset
b. Liabilities
c. profit and loss account,
Part II Group of companies' accounts
1. Introduction: the concepts of group and consolidated accounts
2. Legislation in force and scope
3. The consolidation perimeter
4. consolidation methods and establishing equivalence
5. problems related to consolidation
Part III. methods of financial statement analysis
1. Introduction: General objective
2. Sources of information
3. Basic topics in financial analysis
4. Restructuring reserve and provision accounts: economic and financial mass methods
5. Ratio methods
6. Flow table methods
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | This course aims to give students basic skills in group of companies accounting, according to the IFRS and fi-nancial statement analysis. By the end of the course, students should have acquired good basic skills of IAS/IFRS and in integral and proportional consolidation methods. They should also be able to produce a diagnosis of a company or group of companies' financial situa-tion by examining the consolidated accounts |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course is aimed at understanding and control of valuation rules by international standards IAS/IFRS, meth-ods of full consolidation and proportional groups of companies and analysis techniques financial statements to establish a diagnostic financial firm or group.
Other information
Course entry requirements: Accounting I
Textbook : Cerrada K., De Rongé Y., De Wolf M. et Gatz M., Comptabilité et analyse des états financiers, éd. De Boeck, Bruxelles 2006.
Bibliography
K. Cerrada, Y. De Rongé et M. De Wolf, Comptabilité et analyse des états financiers - principes, applications et exercices, De Boeck Supérieur, 2019.
Faculty or entity
ESPO
