Corporate Accounting

Recommended Prerequisites

Financial Accounting I and Financial Accounting II.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodologies are based on the exposure of fundamental theoretical contents. Analysis of most corporate and accounting rules on capital, business combination; preparation of consolidated accounts and accountability. The exposition will be accompanied by a discussion of individual case studies. The use of the acquired knowledge in new contexts is also encouraged.

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit of Corporate Accounting has the main objective to provide a current and modern training, allowing students with a strong theoretical and practical approach to the latest accounting and corporate standards. Lectures will focus on the process of corporate’ creating and developing process, focusing on the legal and accounting issues. Thus, the emphasis will be done in the corporate equity topics, including the accounting issues included on it. Lectures will also explore the key issues related to business combinations and all the implications of corporate groups towards the disclosure of consolidated information. Finally, some special remarks will be done concerning the key issues about financial reporting for those companies and groups.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. CORPORATIONS

1. Concept of corporation, commercial companies and types of commercial companies

2. Key features of limited responsibility companies

3. Incorporation of companies in a group

4. Rights and obligations of partners

II. EQUITY

1. Capital

2. Other equity instruments

3. Stocks and shares ownership

4. Capital modification

5. Earnings application decision

6. Statement of changes in equity

III. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (BC)

1. BC accounting procedures

2. Accounting treatment of BC

3. Recognition and measurement of BC

IV. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. General, dogmatic and normative framework

2. Concept of group; Consolidation perimeter; Methods and consolidation procedures

3. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1. Documents and statements

2. Consideration of the annual accounts (and consolidated)

3. Disclosure requirements

Head Lecturer(s)

Adriana Filipa Jesus Silva

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
2 tests - 50%; and 3 individual, or teamwork that will be presented in class, individual participation - 50%.: 100.0%

Final Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

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RODRIGUES, Ana Maria (2006). O Goodwill e as Contas Consolidadas, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora.

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SILVA, F.V. Gonçalves da et al. (2009), Contabilidade das Sociedades, Plátano Editora, 13.ª Edição.

THOMAS, Andrew, Introduction to Financial Accounting, 7.ª Ed., McGrawHill, 2012.