- Accounting basics, Swedish commercial legislation
- Running bookkeeping with simple accounts
- Accruals
- Valuation problems in connection with accounting
- Accounting in limited liability companies with industrial activities
- Shareholders' equity in different company types
- Untaxed reserves
- The annual report and its contents and design
- Financial analysis and cash flow analysis
ML1114 Accounting 6.5 credits
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Course syllabus ML1114 (Autumn 2016–)Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- explain central concepts within the field of accounting with an emphasis on industrial limited liability companies
- apply laws that regulate the company's accounting and the design of the annual report
- record different commercial transactions, establish closure and explain how different measures at closure affect the companies' taxation, results and economical position
- identify, structure and analyse problems in the field of accounting
- apply the rules that apply at valuation of both fixed and current assets
- make an analysis of a closure
- analyse a company's cash flow
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Literature
Meddelas senast 10 veckor innan kursstart
Examination and completion
Grading scale
Examination
- ÖVN1 - Exercise, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- RED1 - Presentation, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Written examination, 3.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
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The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Other requirements for final grade
Approved examination
Approved presentation
Approved exercise
The final grade is based on the grade of the examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.