JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objective

To prepare, analyze, interpret the financial statements for business decision

making.

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to understand a) Principles of Accounting, Accounting

Process b) Inventory Valuation c) Preparation, Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements.

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UNIT - I: Introduction to Accounting

Importance, Objectives and Principles, Accounting Concepts

and conventions, and The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), their implications on accounting system; Double entry system–recording business transactions–Classification of accounts– –Accounting cycle.

UNIT - II: The Accounting Process

Overview, Books of Original Record; Journal, ledger, Trial

Balance, Classification of capital and revenue expenses, Final Accounts with adjustments. Rectification of Errors, Valuation of Fixed Assets -Tangible vs. Intangible assets. Depreciation, Methods of depreciation–their impact on measurement of business Accounting.

UNIT - III: Inventory Valuation

Methods of inventory valuation and valuation of goodwill, methods of

valuation of goodwill. Accounting from incomplete records, advantages and disadvantages of single entry and double entry system and the differences between the two, preparation of accounts, and ascertainment of profit from incomplete records, Accounting Treatment as per the statement of affairs method and calculation of missing figures.

UNIT - IV: Financial Analysis-I

Statement of Changes in Working Capital, Funds from Operations,

paid cost and unpaid costs. Distinction between cash profits and book profits. Preparation and analysis of cash flow statement and funds flow statement.

UNIT - V: Financial Analysis-II

Analysis and interpretation of financial statements, Horizontal

Analysis and Vertical Analysis of Company, Financial Statements, Liquidity, leverage, solvency and profitability ratios – Du Pont Chart –Accounting Standards Issued by ICAI- Focus on importance of Standards to give a general view on Financial Accounting practices, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Suggested Readings:

• S. N. Maheswari, S. K. Maheshwari, Sharad K. Maheshwari Accounting for Management, 4e, Vikas Publishing House, 2018.
• Dhanesh K. Khatri, Financial Accounting & Analysis, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Limited, New Delhi, 2015.
• V. Rajasekharan, R. Lalitha, Financial Accounting & Analysis, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2015
• Paresh Shah, Basic Financial Accounting for Management, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2014.
• Seema Srivastava, Financial Accounting, Jawaharlal, S. Chand, 2014.
• Ashish K. Bhattacharya, Financial Accounting & Analysis, PHI, 2012.