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Week 1
Lecturer:
Dr. Youngdeok Lim
School of Accounting
UNSW
QUAD 3069
youngdeok.lim@unsw.edu.au
Moodle: https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/login/index.php
Session 1, 2015
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Learning objectives
At the end of this topic you will be able to:
Understand the overall course requirements and assessment tasks for this unit.
Define Accounting
Begin to become familiar with the Woolworths 2011 annual report and the
information it contains.
Required Reading
1. ACCT 1501, 2015S1 Course Outline
2. Trotman, Gibbins & Carson Chapter 1
3. Woolworths 2011 Annual Report (familiarise yourself with the contents)
(Appendix 1)
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Preparation Questions
You should attempt these questions before the tutorial. The answers to the preparation
questions will be made available on the course website at the end of the relevant
lecture week. In this way you can check your understanding of these questions before
the tutorial class. You are welcome to raise any unresolved issues that you have with
the preparation questions with your tutor.
This will be important and essential information for you when you complete your
reflection task.
Tutorial Questions
The answers to tutorial questions are the focus of the tutorial class work:
DQ 1.3, 1.16
P1.7, P1.12, P1.23
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''This reliance on external capital, combined with failing support by equity and debt
investors as well as underwhelming financial performance, led to a liquidity crisis and
was a major contributor to the failure of the ABC Group,'' the report said.
The administrators said they have yet to determine exactly when ABC became
insolvent.
The second creditors' meeting, expected to vote to wind up ABC, is scheduled to be
held June 2 at the Tattersall's Club in Brisbane.
If you are interested in what comes after the ABC collapse, read more:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/what-comes-after-abc-20120519-1yxf2.html
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Semester 1, 2015
Week 1: Introduction
Lecturer: Dr Youngdeok Lim
Lecturer in Charge
Quad 3069
Introduction
Teaching staff
Required Texts
Lecture outlines
and additional
readings
Available on Moodle
Practice Set
http://www.perdisco.com.au/home.asp
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Management Accounting Supplement
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Weight
10%
15%
15%
10%
Final examination
50%
TOTAL
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100%
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Additional resources
Face to face consultation with full-time staff
Tutors will hold extra consultation for mid-session exam
and final exam (to be announced).
PASS (Peer Assistance Support Scheme)
Discussion boards on Moodle
For questions of a private/personal nature, please email
ACCT1501@unsw.edu.au
Email policy: Use UNSW student email by identifying
yourself with ID & full name
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Student responsibilities:
Preparation for lectures & tutorials
Workload and other commitments balance!!!
Attendance 80% rule University & UNSW Business
School
Conduct and behaviour respectful to others at all times
in lectures, tutorials, via email and on Moodle
Keeping informed !!! Read the course outline; Moddle
Announcements & your university email.
ONLY attend the lectures and tutorials that you are
officially enrolled to attend.
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2. What is accounting?
Accounting is the process of
identifying, measuring,
recording and communicating
economic information to assist
users to make decisions.
Accounting is the language of
business. by Warren Buffett
Grammar
Vocabulary
Practice
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1. 0-$ 500,000
2. $500,001-$ 1,000,000
3. $1,000,001-$ 5,000,000
4. $5,000,001 or above
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Accounting System
Investors, creditors,
suppliers, customers, etc.
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ACCT 2A & 3B
ACCT 2B & 3A
Management Accounting
Financial Accounting
Also
Exciting
electives!
AUDIT: checking that procedures are in place to prepare financial statements that
are true and fair reflection of company position & performance
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Type of Information
Bankers
ASIC
Suppliers
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Trade Unions
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Jan 1 2013
Dec 31
2013
Balance
Sheet
Dec 31
2014
Balance
Sheet
Dec 31
2015
Balance
Sheet
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Balance sheet
Three main elements:
Assets
Resources - they will benefit the company this year
(current) or in future years (non-current)
e.g., cash, property, equipment, inventory
Liabilities
What the company owes
e.g., accounts payable, loan payable
Equity (net assets)
What belongs to the owners, the residual i.e. what
is left after liabilities are taken care of e.g., share
capital, retained profits
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Balance sheet
Assets are due to debt or equity!
The balance sheet shows resources (assets), and claims
on those resources (liabilities and equity) at a point in time.
We can represent this with the accounting equation:
Assets
Resources
Liabilities + Equity
Sources
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Income Statement
Shows the results of business operations over a specific
time period
Reports revenues earned, and any expenses incurred
Revenue: inflows of economic benefits that increase owners equity
e.g., sales revenue, service revenue, fees earned
Expenses: Use or loss of economic benefits that decrease owners
equity.
Incurred when you use resources to generate revenue
(matching principle)
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Income Statement
Revenues & Expenses are recognised when an
economically meaningful event has occurred
This is called Accrual Accounting
It does not have to involve cash!
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Purchase
Suppliers
(e.g. farmers)
Operating
activities
Company
(e.g. Woolworths)
Payment
(Cash/Accounts
Payable)
Operating
activities
Payment
(Cash/Accounts
Investing activities
Receivable)
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Customers
(e.g. You)
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Jan 1 2014
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Dec 31
2014
Balance
Sheet
Dec 31
2014
Balance
Sheet
Dec 31
2015
Balance
Sheet
Monetary assumption
Universally accepted medium of exchange.
Measure economic activity by a common denominator.
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Materiality assumption
A piece of information is said to be material if its
omission or misstatement could influence the economic
decisions of users made on the basis of the financial
statements
No set rules on determining materiality (auditors use
5% as a guide)
e.g. Financial statements in $million (see
Woolworths example in the Appendix)
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Revision Question
In profit measurement, private transactions of
owners are not taken into account. What
assumption/concept underlies this procedure?
1. Materiality
2. Monetary concept
3. Accounting period
4. Accounting entity
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