Federation Business School
BUACC2603: Corporate Accounting
Semester 2-2019
ASSIGNMENT
Assignment submission Due date: Week 10, 22/09 at 11.55pm in Turnitin
This assignment is to be completed in groups of three and comprises twenty five per-cent of the marks for this course. There are four questions. (Approx. 2500 words in total)
Assessment Criteria:
Student work will generally be assessed in terms of the following criteria:
1. Effectiveness of communication – i.e. readability, legibility, grammar, spelling, neatness, completeness and presentation will be a minimum threshold requirement for all written work submitted for assessment. Work that is illegible or incomprehensible and does not meet the minimum requirement will be awarded a fail grade.
2. Demonstrated understanding - This will be evidenced by the student's ability to be dialectical in the discussion of contentious issues.
3. Evidence of research - This will be evidenced by the references made to the statutes, auditing standards, books, journal articles and inclusion of a bibliography.
Note:
1. All written work must conform with the Federation University General Guide for the Presentation of Academic Work.
2. For all written work students must ensure that they submit their own original work. Any act of plagiarism will be severely penalised.
Plagiarism is presenting someone else work as your own and is a serious offence with serious consequences. As set out in the University Regulation 6.1.1, students who are caught plagiarising will, for a first offence, be given a zero mark for that task. A second offence will result in a failing grade for the course(s) involved and any subsequent offence will be refe
ed to the Student Discipline Committee. Student must be aware of the University Regulation 6.1.1 Student Plagiarism.
Students must:
· fully reference the source(s) of all material, even if you have re-expressed the ideas, facts or descriptions;
· acknowledge all direct quotations; and
· not submit work that has been researched and written by another person.
Question XXXXXXXXXXmarks)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of preparing consolidated financial accounts?
Question 2. (5 Marks)
Explain the nature of creative accounting and list several examples.
Question 3. (5 marks)
Explain the nature of ‘Fair Value accounting’ and its advantages and disadvantages
Question 4. (5 marks)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of ‘conservatism’ in financial accounting
Question 5. (5 marks)
In a 1964 pornography case, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed a French film, The Lovers, to determine whether it violated obscenity laws. After reviewing the film, Justice Potter Stewart was at a loss for words to define obscenity, stating: "It's hard to define but you know it when you see it.
Compare this to financial roguery where it is difficult to detect but easy to define.
Explain the nature of financial roguery