Overview
Key Features
Financial statements are critical documents for small business owners, company directors, board members, investors and the public to enable them to understand an organisation’s financial performance and financial position.
Measures derived from the practice of financial accounting permeate throughout society. It is common to read about the ‘profits’ of various organisations in the news media, as well as about the total liabilities, total assets, total equity, expenses and income of an organisation.
The skills and knowledge delivered by the Understanding Financial Statements- An introduction short course at the University of Tasmania will help you understand what these terms, and the numbers behind them, represent.
Designed by one of Australia’s leading financial accounting authors, this self-paced online course is written in plain English and is intended to give participants foundational knowledge about what is included in, and excluded from, financial statements, enabling them to place the numbers in context.
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What you will learn- The nature and purpose of the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows
- The importance of understanding the intended audience of the financial statements
- Key concepts employed in formulating financial statements
- Commonly used recognition and measurement principles used within financial accounting
- Some common, and important, misconceptions about what the information within financial statements actually reflects
- The potential for 'creative accounting', and why it occurs
- Basic tools for evaluating financial statements
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Duration
- Part-time
- 1 days
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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General requirements
- Who should do this course?
- There are no pre-requisites or assumed prior knowledge about the practice of financial accounting to undertake this course.
- The core learnings of this course will be valuable for those employees, emerging professional leaders, or executives seeking to improve their understanding of commonly issued financial statements, and how that knowledge can be applied to provide insights into various aspects of an organisation’s financial performance and financial position.
- CRICOS Provider Code 00586B
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International
295 AUD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 295 AUD for the full programme during 1 days. -
National
295 AUD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 295 AUD for the full programme during 1 days.