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Course Detail

Course Name Advanced Corporate Accounting
Course Code 24COM501
Program M. Com. (Finance & Systems)
Semester I
Credits 3
Campus Amritapuri

Syllabus

Unit 1

Accounts of Banking Companies – Guidelines of RBI for Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet –
Preparation of Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet.

Unit 2

Amalgamation, Absorption and External Reconstruction – Vendor Company and Purchasing Company
– Purchase consideration – Accounting entries in the books of Vendor and Purchasing Companies – Inter-company owing and holdings – Internal reconstruction – Alteration and reduction of share capital – Accounting entries – Reconstruction Schemes.

Unit 3

Accounts of Insurance Companies – Important terms – Life and general Insurance – Revenue Account applicable to life insurance business – Valuation Balance Sheet – Final Accounts relating to general insurance business.

Unit 4

Double Account System – Comparison with double entry system – Accounts of electricity companies, Replacement of assets, Disposal of Surplus.

Unit 5

Accounts of Holding Companies – Holding and subsidiary companies – Minority interest – Cost of control – Pre-acquisition and post-acquisition profits – Consolidated Balance Sheet – Elimination of common transactions – Bonus shares – Dividend.

Course Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objective:
The objective of this course is to give thorough knowledge about corporate and other specialized accounting systems in conformity with the provisions of Companies Act, 1956.

Course Outcomes:

CO1 Knowledge on preparation of final accounts of banking companies
CO2 Possess information on absorption, amalgamation, external and internal reconstruction.
CO3 Familiarise with double account system and preparation of final accounts of electricity companies
CO4 Knowledge on preparation of liquidator’s final statement of account, statement of liability of B-List contributories, statement of affairs and deficiency accounts.
CO5 Preparation of consolidated balance sheet of holding companies and its subsidiaries

Text / Reference Books

Textbooks:

  1. S. N. Maheshwari, S. K. Maheshwary – Advanced Accountancy – Vikas Publishers
  2. M. C. Shukla, T. S. Grewal – Advanced Accounts – S. Chand

Reference Books:

  1. S.P. Jain, K.L. Narang – Advanced Accountancy – Kalyani Publishers
  2. R.L. Gupta, M. Radhaswamy – Advanced Accountancy – Sultan Chand
  3. D. Chandra Bose – Advanced Accounting Vol. 2 – PHI

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