Academic Year/course:
2017/18
450 - Degree in Marketing and Market Research
27601 - Financial accounting I
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
27601 - Financial accounting I
Faculty / School:
109 - Facultad de Economía y Empresa
Degree:
450 - Degree in Marketing and Market Research
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
1
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Basic Education
Module:
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5.3. Syllabus
Unit 1.- ACCOUNTING AS AN INFORMATION SYSTEM AND AS THE COMMON LANGUAGE OF BUSINESSES
- Economic activity and information needs
- Accounting as an information system
- Net equity and its variations: wealth and income of companies
- Financial accounting standards
Unit 2.- THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND THE ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK
- Objectives of the annual accounts
- Requirements of the information to be included in the annual accounts
- Accounting principles
- Elements of the annual accounts
- Recognition criteria of the elements of the financial statements
- Measurement criteria
Unit 3.- THE ACCOUNTING METHOD AND RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES IN THE DOUBLE-ENTRY SYSTEM: THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE
- Economic events and accounting events
- The accounting method
- The Account as a tool of accounting representation
- The accounting cycle
- Accounting for Value Added Tax
Unit 4.- FIXED ASSETS
- Concept and types of fixed assets
- Tangible assets
- Intangible assets
- Measurement of fixed assets
- Valuation allowances
- Disposals and write-downs of fixed assets
Unit 5.- INVENTORIES
- Concept and types of inventories
- Measurement and accounting recognition of inventories
- Valuation allowances
Unit 6.- FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
- Financial instruments: Concept and scope
- Financial liabilities
- Financial assets
Unit 7.- TRADE DEBTORS AND CREDITORS: RECEIVABLES AND PAYABLES
- Receivables: concept and types
- Recognition and measurement of trade debtors
- Impairment of trade receivables
- Payables: concept and types
- Recognition and measurement of payables
- Other trade debtors and creditors
Unit 8.- NET EQUITY
- Concept and components
- Capital
- Reserves
- Other elements of net equity
Unit 9.- INCOMES, EXPENSES AND RESULTS
- Types of results
- Recognition and measurement of incomes and expenses
- Accounting register of incomes and expenses
- Income tax and profit/loss for the period