Professional Level – Financial Reporting

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Free Professional Level – Financial Reporting study notes for HKICPA QP (Hong Kong CPA) students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.

Financial reporting framework in Hong Kong

  • Financial reporting framework in Hong Kong

  • Implications of the framework for business activities

Explain and Apply the Financial Reporting Framework in Hong Kong

    Apply Appropriate Accounting Principles and Concepts to Account for Business Transactions

      Accounting for business transactions (I)

      • Government grants

      • Employee benefits

      • Share-based payments

      • Borrowing costs

      • Financial assets, financial liabilities and equity instruments

      • Hedge accounting

      • Income taxes

      Accounting for business transactions (II)

      • Effects of changes in foreign exchange rates

      • Related party disclosures

      • Fair value measurement

      • Earnings per share

      • Operating segments

      • Interim financial reporting

      Evaluate and Advise on Appropriate Accounting Principles for Complex Business Transactions

        Prepare, Present and Appraise Group Financial Statements with Complex Group Structures

          Complex business transactions: evaluate and advise (I)

          • Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors

          • Revenue

          • Inventories

          • Property, plant and equipment

          • Intangible assets

          • Investment property

          Complex business transactions: evaluate and advise (II)

          • Impairment of assets

          • Leases

          • Events after the reporting period

          • Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets

          • Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations

          Describe the Current Issues and Developments in Financial Reporting

            Individual entity and group financial statements

            • Financial statements for an individual entity under HKFRS and statutory requirements

            • Business combination

            • Investments in associates

            • Joint arrangements

            • Merger accounting for common control combinations

            • Sustainability connected disclosures

            Current issues and developments in financial reporting

            • Current issues and developments in financial reporting internationally

            • Current issues and developments in financial reporting in Hong Kong

            Ethics for professional accountants in business

            • Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants

            • Adopting ethical stances for professional accountants in business

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