International Financial Reporting Standards

Teachers

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Teaching results

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
a) Understand the changing nature of IFRS standards and their gradual harmonization in the world.
b) Know the methodology of processing and accounting of operations typical of financial corporations - especially banks and insurance companies.
c) Understand the accounting relationship between the financial corporation and its clients, internal and external entities using the outputs of the financial statements in the relevant decision-making processes.
d) To provide balanced judgment on key facts in the field of financial accounting and reporting - Formulate expert opinions, deal with facts and write a term paper using the acquired knowledge.
Skills:
a) Know the logic of accounting in the accounts of individual accounting classes and its specifics.
b) Analyze the financial statements and their components.
c) Carry out primary research based on the use of acquired knowledge in the field of IFRS standards.
d) Provide a clear and unambiguous presentation of views and assessment of the implications for financial corporation decisions, work effectively and professionally in teams, and demonstrate an understanding of social and cultural diversity.

Indicative content

By completing the course the student acquires theoretical, methodological and practical knowledge of financial reporting of financial corporations, especially banks and insurance companies. The course enables students to understand the methodology and peculiarities of bank and insurance accounting based on the applicable legal standards governing this area. Economic activities captured in accounting are transferred to the financial statements that students work with in the subject through several practical examples and case studies. The subject also includes the possibilities of using data providing statements in the financial analysis of financial corporations.

Syllabus

1. Significance and roles of international financial reporting standards in financial corporations. Historical development and reasons for changes in this area. Principles. 2. Sources of information for financial analysis of financial corporations. 3. Accounting of banks and insurance companies. Peculiarities, recording of economic activities in accounting. Financial statements and its components. 4. Assets, Liabilities, Financial Statements, Final Accounts and Balance Sheet of Assets and Liabilities. 5. Costs, revenues, financial statements, final accounts and Profit and loss statement. 6. Economic result, determinants influencing the economic result of banks and insurance companies. Distribution of profit or loss. 7. Cash flow statement. 8. Capital of financial companies. Statement of movements in equity. 9. Economic operations and their impact on the management of the bank and insurance company. 10. Consolidated financial statements. 11. Analysis of selected indicators of banks and insurance companies. Analysis of specific indicators of banks and insurance companies. 12. Users of financial statements. Due diligence process in financial institutions. 13. Complex example and repetition.

Requirements to complete the course

60 % written exam, 20 % credit paper, 15 % student activity in class, 5 % semester work)

Date of approval: 10.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 06.04.2021