Assessment Task – Tutorial Questions
Unit Code: HI6025
Unit Name: Accounting Theory and Cu
ent Issues
Assignment: Tutorial Questions 1
Due: 11:30pm 22nd May 2020
Weighting: 25%
Total Assignment Marks: 50 marks
Purpose: This assignment is designed to assess your level of knowledge of the key topics covered in
this unit
Unit Learning Outcomes Assessed:
1. Examine conceptual issues and the sources of authority for the accounting requirements which
apply to reporting by Australian companies, including Company Law, International and Australian
Accounting Standards, and Stock Exchange requirements;
2. Understand and evaluate different theories of accounting such as positive accounting theory,
normative accounting theory, stakeholders’ theory, legitimacy theory, institutional theory, and
different initiatives of relevant global organisations such as GRI, IR;
3. Apply Australian Accounting Standards and Corporate Legislation to the financial reporting
processes;
4. Evaluate advanced level financial accounting problems and select appropriate accounting
strategies for the accounting entity;
5. Understand different provisions of accounting standards and the compliance requirements of the
professional and legal bodies in Australia;
6. Make judgments about appropriate use of accounting standards and accurately apply appropriate
treatments for different advanced level accounting issues;
Description: Each week students were provided with three tutorial questions of varying degrees of
difficulty. These tutorial questions are available in the Tutorial Folder for each week on Blackboard.
The Interactive Tutorials are designed to assist students with the process, skills and knowledge to
answer the provided tutorial questions. Your task is to answer a selection of tutorial questions for
weeks 1 to 5 inclusive and submit these answers in a single document.
The questions to be answered are:
Week 1
The fundamental qualitative characteristics that financial information must possess to be useful to the
primary users of general purpose financial reports—identified in the Conceptual Framework are
‘relevance’ and ‘faithful representation’.
Required:
a) Provide one example where information is relevant but not faithfully represented. (3 marks,
maximum 100 words)
) Provide one example where information is not relevant but is faithfully represented. (3 marks,
maximum 100 words)
c) Provide one example where information is relevant and faithfully represented. (4 marks,
maximum 150 words)
Week 2
a) What is a social contract and how does it relate to organisational legitimacy? (6 marks, maximum
300 words)
) Explain two ways organisations can use corporate disclosure policy to maintain or regain
organisational legitimacy? (4 marks, maximum 200 words)
Week 3
Diamond Ltd acquired an item of polishing equipment on 1 July 2015 for $440,000. The equipment is
expected to have a useful life of 10 years and the straight-line method of depreciation is to be used.
It has salvage value of $40,000. On 1 July 2017, the equipment is deemed to have a fair value of
$424,000 and revaluation is undertaken in accordance with the Diamond Ltd policy of measuring
property, plant and equipment at fair value. The asset is still usable for next 8 years but the salvage
value is determined to be zero. The asset is sold for $356,000 on 1 July 2019.
Required:
Provide the journal entries necessary at the following dates to account for the above transactions and
events. (Ignore na
ations). Show your working. (10 marks)
• 01/07/2015
• 01/07/2017
• 01/07/2019
Week 4
Snowy Ltd acquires Pax Ltd on 1 July 2018 for $5,000,000 being the fair value of the consideration
transfe
ed. At that date, Pax Ltd’s net identifiable assets have a fair value of $4,400,000. Goodwill of
$600,000 is therefore the difference between the aggregate of the consideration transfe
ed and the
net identifiable assets acquired.
The fair value of the net identifiable assets of Pax Limited are determined as follows:
($000)
Patent rights 200
Machinery 1,000
Buildings 1,500
Land 2,300
5,000
Less: Bank loan 600
Net assets 4,400
At the end of the reporting period of 30 June 2019, the management of Snowy Ltd determines that
the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit, which is considered to be Pax Ltd, totals
$4,500,000. The ca
ying amount of the net identifiable assets of Pax Ltd, excluding goodwill, is
unchanged and remains at $4,400,000.
Required:
a) Prepare the journal entry to account for any impairment of goodwill. (6 marks)
) Assume instead that at the end of the reporting period the management of Snowy Ltd determines
that the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit, which is considered to be Pax Ltd, totals
$4,200,000. Determine the impairment of goodwill amount. (No journal entries required) (4
marks)
Week 5
On 1 July 2019, Fisher Ltd decides to lease a cargo ship from XFinance Ltd. The term of the lease is 20
years. The implicit interest rate in the lease is 10 per cent. The fair value of the cargo ship at the
commencement of the lease is $2,215,560. The lease is non-cancellable, and requires a lease payment
of $300,000 on inception of the lease (on 1 July 2019) and lease payments of $250,000 on 30 June
each year (starting 30 June XXXXXXXXXXIncluded within the $250,000 lease payments is an amount of
$25,000 representing payment to the lessor for the insurance and maintenance of the cargo ship.
There is no residual payment required. Annuity factor, n=20; r = 10% is 8.5136.
Required:
a) Prove that the interest rate implicit in the lease is 10 per cent. (2 marks)
) Provide the entries for the lease in the books of Fisher Ltd as at 1 July 2019, and 30 June XXXXXXXXXX
marks)
c) Provide the entries for the lease in the books of XFinance Ltd as at 1 July 2019, and 30 June 2020.
(4 marks)
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is the co
ect one.
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Assessment Task – Tutorial Questions
Unit Code: HI6025
Unit Name: Accounting Theory and Cu
ent Issues
Assignment: Tutorial Questions 1
Due: 11:30pm 22nd May 2020
Weighting: 25%
Total Assignment Marks: 50 marks
Purpose: This assignment is designed to assess your level of knowledge of the key topics covered in
this unit
Unit Learning Outcomes Assessed:
1. Examine conceptual issues and the sources of authority for the accounting requirements which
apply to reporting by Australian companies, including Company Law, International and Australian
Accounting Standards, and Stock Exchange requirements;
2. Understand and evaluate different theories of accounting such as positive accounting theory,
normative accounting theory, stakeholders’ theory, legitimacy theory, institutional theory, and
different initiatives of relevant global organisations such as GRI, IR;
3. Apply Australian Accounting Standards and Corporate Legislation to the financial reporting
processes;
4. Evaluate advanced level financial accounting problems and select appropriate accounting
strategies for the accounting entity;
5. Understand different provisions of accounting standards and the compliance requirements of the
professional and legal bodies in Australia;
6. Make judgments about appropriate use of accounting standards and accurately apply appropriate
treatments for different advanced level accounting issues;
Description: Each week students were provided with three tutorial questions of varying degrees of
difficulty. These tutorial questions are available in the Tutorial Folder for each week on Blackboard.
The Interactive Tutorials are designed to assist students with the process, skills and knowledge to
answer the provided tutorial questions. Your task is to answer a selection of tutorial questions for
weeks 1 to 5 inclusive and submit these answers in a single document.
The questions to be answered are:
Week 1
The fundamental qualitative characteristics that financial information must possess to be useful to the
primary users of general purpose financial reports—identified in the Conceptual Framework are
‘relevance’ and ‘faithful representation’.
Required:
a) Provide one example where information is relevant but not faithfully represented. (3 marks,
maximum 100 words)
) Provide one example where information is not relevant but is faithfully represented. (3 marks,
maximum 100 words)
c) Provide one example where information is relevant and faithfully represented. (4 marks,
maximum 150 words)
Week 2
a) What is a social contract and how does it relate to organisational legitimacy? (6 marks, maximum
300 words)
) Explain two ways organisations can use corporate disclosure policy to maintain or regain
organisational legitimacy? (4 marks, maximum