The Advanced Financial Accounting Workshop Course will cover the following topics and more:

The Cash Budget

• Why should managers understand accounting?
• Accounting concepts
• Timings of receipts and payments
• Calculation of the gross profit and gross profit margin

Introduction to the Statement of Profit and Loss

• Measuring profit
• Double-entry bookkeeping
• Types of account
• Trial balance
• Capital versus revenue expenditure/income
• Calculating the cost of sales

Balancing the Basics

• Assets and liabilities
• The statement of financial position
• Accruals and prepayments

Accounting for Depreciation and Bad Debts

• The straight-line method
• The reducing-balance method
• Disposals of non-current assets
• Bad and doubtful debts
• Uses and limitations of the statement of financial position

Company Finance

• The nature of limited companies
• Share capital
• The stock exchange
• Venture capital
• Loan capital and debentures
• Retained profits
• Reporting requirements

Company Accounts

• The statement of profit or loss
• The statement of changes in equity
• The statement of financial position
• Intangible assets
• Revaluing assets
• The statement of comprehensive income
• Corporate governance

The Statement of Cash Flows

• Sources of cash flow
• Non-current assets and the statement of cash flows
• Movements in working capital
• Tax, interest, and dividends
• What to look for in a statement of cash flows
• Managing cash

Interpreting Financial Statements

• Ratio analysis
• The pyramid of ratios
• Probability ratios
• Liquidity ratios
• Control of working capital
• The working capital cycle

Capital Structure and Investment Ratios

• Capital structure
• Investment ratios
• Limitations of ratio analysis

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