Intermediate Financial Accounting
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Want to take your financial accounting skills to the next level? This Intermediate Financial Accounting 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 encompasses 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.
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 changes
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EPS
- Intro to options
- Convertible securities
Deferred Taxes
- Book vs. tax basics
- Permanent differences and effective tax rates
- Temporary differences and deferred tax asset and liabilities
- Introduction to NOLs
- NOLs-related tax journal entries
Intercompany Investments
- Trading, available for sale, and held to maturity securies
- 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
What's included
- Free course retake within one year to refresh the material and gain practice.
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Live classes
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Starts at 10:00 · America/New_York (EDT); final session ends at 17:00 EDT
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In-person or live online
Starts at 10:00 · America/New_York (EST); final session ends at 17:00 EST
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In-person or live online
Starts at 10:00 · America/New_York (EST); final session ends at 17:00 EST
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In-person or live online
Starts at 10:00 · America/New_York (EDT); final session ends at 17:00 EDT
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In-person or live online
Starts at 10:00 · America/New_York (EDT); final session ends at 17:00 EDT
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In-person or live online
Starts at 10:00 · America/New_York (EDT); final session ends at 17:00 EDT
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In-person or live online
Starts at 10:00 · America/New_York (EDT); final session ends at 17:00 EDT
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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.
- Tuition
- $325
- Course length
- 6 hours
- Schedule
- On your schedule
Take your financial accounting skills to the next level with this self-paced Intermediate Financial Accounting 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 asset and liabilities
- Introduction to NOLs
- NOLs-related tax journal entries
Intercompany Investments
- Trading, available for sale, and held to maturity securies
- 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