Dear Students,

Followings

are the topics for final exam.

1. Income Statement/Profit and loss A/c 1. Balance sheet 2. Valuation of Inventories 3. Fixed Assets and Depreciation 4. Corporate Accounting - Intro, issue of securities, Financial statements 5. Cash flow statement including free cash flow 6. Basics of Financial Statement Analysis (Excluding Ratio Analysis)
Please

note that you may be asked questions on various issues that are discussed in class may or may not be part of the above topics. are advised to read chapter 11 and 12 from the book for reference/ knowledge purpose. you will learn some new concepts and developments in accounting area. however they are not part of the syllabus and /or final exam have discussed annual report of TVS motors (Manufacturing co.). You may look at IT co. , Banking co., Electricity co. etc from different sectors to know as to how do they differ in terms of format and disclosure. (You will easily get it from company website and also from BSE website)

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am attaching summary of Accounting Standards for your refernce which is very important for you to get basic understanding although detailed study is not required. If you are interested you may download using following link. http://www.icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=2805&c_id=221 is the link to download annual report of Microsoft (US listed company. this will enable you to compare and analyze the difference in format and other accounting policy disclosures. Also notice the terminology differences like common stock instead of Equity and Property Plant and Equipment instead of Fixed assets. This thing will help you in many finance courses and also

Following

at the time of interview. http://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar12/dow nload-center/index.html You are welcome with any queries or doubts in the subject.