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Unit Title
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Corporate and Financial Accounting
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Assessment Type
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Individual Assignment
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Assessment Title
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The different sources a company can
use to raise its funds and
different classifications of entities for reporting purposes.
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Purpose of the assessment (with ULO
Mapping)
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This assignment aims at developing a
clear understanding of students on the different sources a company can use to
raise its funds. Students will perform a comparative analysis of sources of
fund used by two selected companies for a three years period. They will
identify the movement in the sources of fund used by the two companies.
Students will also need to demonstrate a clear understanding of different classifications of entities
for reporting purposes.
(ULO 1, 2, 3, 4).
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Weight
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20 % of the total assessments
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Total Marks
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20
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Word limit
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2500 words ±500 words
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Submission Guidelines
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· All work must be submitted on by the due date along with a completed
Assignment Cover Page.
· The assignment must be in MS Word format, no spacing,
12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with
appropriate section headings and page numbers.
· Reference sources must be cited in the text of the
report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using
Harvard referencing style.
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HA2032 Corporate and Financial Accounting Individual
Assignment T2 2019
Assignment
Structure should be as the following:
Assignment
Specifications
Purpose:
This assignment aims at developing a clear understanding of
students on the different sources a company can use to raise its funds.
Students will perform a comparative analysis of sources of fund used by two
selected companies for a three years period. They will identify the movement in
the sources of fund used by the two companies. Students will also need to
demonstrate a clear understanding of different
classifications of entities for reporting purposes.
Page 2 of 5
Assessment task:
Part A
Select the latest annual report of two
ASX listed companies for the last three years period. Please read the balance
sheet carefully and complete the following tasks:
- (i) What items have been recorded under owners’
equity section? Clearly explain your understanding of each item recorded
under the owner equity section.
- (ii) Explain the movement in each item recorded
under the owner equity section with the reason
- (iii) What items have been recorded under
liabilities section? Clearly explain your understanding of each item.
- (iv) Explain the movement in each item recorded
under liabilities section with reason.
- (v) Briefly explain the relative advantages or
disadvantages of each sources of fund each of
your selected companies is using.
Part B
Do your own research and critically
examine the concepts of small proprietary company, large proprietary company
and reporting entity. What are the implications of being classified as either
one of these three types of companies in terms of compliance and reporting
requirements?
Abstract
– One paragraph
List of Content
Introduction
Body of the assignment with detailed answer on each of the required tasks
Summary/Conclusion
List
of references
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Marking
criteria
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Marking
criteria
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Weighting
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Abstract
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1%
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List of content & overall
presentation of the assignment
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1%
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Introduction
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1%
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What items have been recorded under
owners’ equity section? Clearly explain your understanding of each item
recorded under the owner equity section.
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2%
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Explain the movement over the three years period in each
item recorded under the owner equity section with the reason. 1%
What items have been recorded under liabilities section?
Clearly explain your understanding of each item. 2%
Explain the movement over the three years period in each
item recorded under liabilities section with reason 1%
Briefly explain the relative advantages or disadvantages of
each sources of fund each of your selected companies is using. 2%
Do your own research and critically examine the concepts of
small proprietary company, large proprietary company and reporting entity. What
are the implications of being classified as either one of these three types of
companies in terms of compliance and reporting requirements? 7%
Conclusion 1%
References 1%
Total
20%
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