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Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Welcome to
Advanced Financial Accounting
Prof. Dr. Hui Chen
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Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreImportance of financial accounting
Big Picture:
Why is financial accounting important?• Efficient economic resource allocation
Why is there a demand for financial accounting?• To provide financial information that is useful to
capital providers • To assist potential investors and creditors in valuing
the firm• To monitor the actions of management
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Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreObjectives of financial accounting
To provide information that is:
• Useful in investment and credit decisions • Useful in assessing future cash flows • Useful in assessing enterprise resources, claims to
resources and associated changes
“Accounting is the language of business.”
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Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreAn example – Nestle
Nestle 2019 financial statements were just released:
…
Who prepared the results?
Who audited the results?
Who read the results (and attended the conference call
and asked many questions)?
How did Nestle do in 2019?
What happened to their stock price?
etc…
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Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreWhat will you learn in AFA class?
Advanced topics in financial accounting:
• accounting for corporate investment and business combination
• equity and cost methods of accounting for investments
• how to prepare consolidated financial statements• accounting for foreign currency transactions and
translations• international accounting diversity and regimes
• etc.
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Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreWho needs to know these?
If you work in:
• finance & accounting in larger corporations• investment • auditing
• financial regulation• etc.
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Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreWhen you finish…
You should be able to:
• understand accounting for investments and business combination
• prepare consolidated accounting statements• feel comfortable in reading and using the information
presented in companies’ financial reports • analyze and evaluate firms’ accounting activities +
choices and their implications• understand the similarities/differences among different
accounting regimes• comment on the current events related to these topics
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Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreRegulatory framework in Switzerland
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• Schweizerische Obligationenrecht, or Swiss Code of Obligations (SCO), is the fundamental commercial law of Switzerland
• SCO mandates that companies meeting certain criteria (ownership structure, size, etc.) must provide audited consolidated financial statements
• The consolidated financial statements can be prepared following IFRS, US GAAP, or Swiss GAAP FER
• Publically-traded firms in SIX Swiss Exchange- must follow IFRS, US GAAP if traded in main standard- may also follow Swiss GAAP FER if traded in
domestic standard
Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreWhat accounting rules does Switzerland use?
As of Jan. 2015:
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Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreWhat if the rules change?
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• Accounting is a living/changing/growing institution
• IFRS is especially changing constantly• Some of the methods we learn in this class will
change (eg. foreign currency hedging)• However, the fundamental concepts will remain• Keep yourselves informed with future changes
• By nature of the topic, AFA class mainly focuses on IFRS and US GAAP
Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreTextbook
Advanced Accounting, 13th Edition. Hoyle, Schaefer, Doupnik. McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2017.
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• The textbook is written mainly for U.S. GAAP users, and discusses IFRS implication in every chapter
• In advanced accounting topics, IFRS and U.S. GAAP are 99% the same (rules are jointly issued)
• Additionally, we will discuss differences in Swiss GAAP FER wherever necessary
Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreTextbook – eBook Option
Connet website:
https://connect.mheducation.com/class/h-chen-spring-2020-3
• Go to the website • Fill in your email and other information
• You will have the option to purchase an e-access to the book for a year.
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Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreSupplementary materials
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• Intermediate Accounting (Keiso, Weygandt, and Warfield)
• Intermediate Accounting, IFRS Edition (Keiso, Weygandt, and Warfield)
• Annual reports and 10K filings• Press & research publications
Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreHow will we learn?
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• Lectures
• Guest speakers• Exercises• Homework
• Cases• Real life examples• Etc.
Institut für BetriebswirtschaftslehreExam and Grading
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FINAL EXAM:
• Comprehensive written exam
• 90 minutes
• Date : Monday, June 15
• Time: 10:00-12:00 (including prep. time),
• Location: KOL-F-118, KOL-H-312
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Questions?
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