Intermediate Financial Accounting
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Extend introductory accounting knowledge in Noble Desktop's Intermediate Financial Accounting course. The curriculum continues work with the concepts used to record and interpret financial information. It builds on familiarity with financial statements, letting you focus on more involved accounting questions and how they affect the way business activity is represented.
What's included with live classes
- Free course retake within one year to refresh the material and gain practice.
- Class recordings
Overview
Want to take your financial accounting skills to the next level? This class will deepen your knowledge of complex accounting principles and prepare you for the challenges of navigating advanced financial reporting scenarios.
The course starts by covering the intricacies of income statements, including elements such as footnotes, management's discussion, and various complex components like revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, interest expense, and capitalized interest. The class will provide insight into handling unusual items, discontinued operations, restructuring charges, and an introduction to earnings per share (EPS), including options and convertible securities.
From there, you'll focus on deferred taxes, which encompass the comparison of book versus tax basis, permanent differences, effective tax rates, and an introduction to Net Operating Losses (NOLs) and associated tax journal entries. You'll also learn about intercompany investments, how to navigate equity method investments, the complexities of debt accounting, deferred taxes, and related topics.
By the end of this course, students will be ready to take on complicated accounting tasks.
Prerequisites
Students should be comfortable with the concepts covered in Intro to Financial Accounting & Financial Statements.
Schedule & enrollment
Find dates that fit your schedule, then book on Noble Desktop.
- Live tuition
- $325
- Course length
- 6 hours
All class times are Eastern (ET).
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Final session ends at 5pm ET
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Dates
Class time
Starts at 10am ET
Final session ends at 5pm ET
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In-person or live online
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Dates
Class time
Starts at 10am ET
Final session ends at 5pm ET
Attend
In-person or live online
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Dates
Class time
Starts at 10am ET
Final session ends at 5pm ET
Attend
In-person or live online
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Dates
Class time
Starts at 10am ET
Final session ends at 5pm ET
Attend
In-person or live online
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Dates
Class time
Starts at 10am ET
Final session ends at 5pm ET
Attend
In-person or live online
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Self-paced tuition & enrollment
Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.
- Tuition
- $325
- Course length
- 6 hours
- Format
- Self-paced online
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
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Curriculum
What you'll learn
- Prepare for complex accounting tasks
- Learn advanced income statement processes
- Handle unusual items and EPS
- Work with deferred taxes and tax journal entries
- Manage intercompany investments
- Understand how debt accounting works
Course syllabus
Advanced Income Statement
- Footnotes and management's discussion
- Revenue recognition
- Stock based compensation
- Interest expense and capitalized interest
- Unusual items
- Discontinued operations
- Restructuring charges
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EPS
- Intro to options
- Convertible securities
Deferred Taxes
- Book vs. tax basis
- Permanent differences and effective tax rates
- Temporary differences and deferred tax assets and liabilities
- Introduction to NOLs
- NOLs-related tax journal entries
Intercompany Investments
- Trading, available for sale, and held to maturity securities
- Equity method investments
- Noncontrolling interests
- Consolidation method and noncontrolling interests
- Consolidation method and paying in excess of BV
Debt Accounting
- PIK debt
- Capitalized interest
- Original issue discount
- Financing fees
- Deferred taxes arising from OID and OIP
Self-paced course
Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
View self-paced tuition & enrollmentTake your financial accounting skills to the next level with this self-paced course. Dive deeper into complex accounting principles and prepare for advanced financial reporting challenges. You'll begin by exploring the intricacies of income statements, including footnotes, management’s discussion, and elements like revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, interest expense, and capitalized interest. The course also covers handling unusual items, discontinued operations, restructuring charges, and an introduction to earnings per share (EPS), including options and convertible securities.
Next, you'll tackle deferred taxes, comparing book versus tax basis, understanding permanent differences, effective tax rates, and an introduction to Net Operating Losses (NOLs) and tax journal entries. The course also explores intercompany investments, equity method investments, debt accounting complexities, and related topics. By the end of the course, you'll be equipped to handle advanced accounting tasks with confidence.
Self-paced curriculum
What you'll learn self-paced
- Prepare for advanced accounting tasks
- Learn intricate income statement processes
- Manage unusual items and earnings per share (EPS)
- Work with deferred taxes and tax journal entries
- Navigate intercompany investments
- Understand the complexities of debt accounting
Self-paced syllabus
Advanced Income Statement
- Footnotes and management's discussion
- Revenue recognition
- Stock based compensation
- Interest expense and capitalized interest
- Unusual items
- Discontinued operations
- Restructuring changes
-
EPS
- Intro to options
- Convertible securities
Deferred Taxes
- Book vs. tax basics
- Permanent differences and effective tax rates
- Temporary differences and deferred tax assets and liabilities
- Introduction to NOLs
- NOLs-related tax journal entries
Intercompany Investments
- Trading, available for sale, and held to maturity securities
- Equity method investments
- Noncontrolling interests
- Consolidation method and noncontrolling interests
- Consolidation method and paying in excess of BV
Debt Accounting
- PIK debt
- Capitalized interest
- Original issue discount
- Financing fees
- Deferred taxes arising from OID and OIP
Course Reviews
Is this course right for you?
You should be comfortable with introductory financial accounting and financial statements. Compare the Financial Accounting Bootcamp if you need both the foundation and the continuing material before applying those concepts to more involved finance work.