Associate Level – Financial Accounting

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Free Associate Level – Financial Accounting study notes for HKICPA QP (Hong Kong CPA) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.

Describe the Framework of Financial Accounting and Reporting

  • Historical development of the accountancy profession

  • The conceptual framework of financial reporting

  • Legal and reporting framework applicable to financial accounting in Hong Kong

  • Standard setting process and role of Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards

  • Accounting guidelines, professional pronouncements and exposure drafts

  • SME Financial Reporting Framework and Financial Reporting Standard

  • HKFRS for Private Entities as a reporting option

Apply Appropriate Accounting Principles and Concepts to Account for Business Transactions

  • Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors

  • Revenue

  • Inventories

  • Property, plant and equipment

  • Intangible assets

  • Investment property

  • Financial assets, financial liabilities and equity instruments

  • Borrowing costs

  • Impairment of assets

  • Leases

  • Events after the reporting period

  • Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets

  • Income taxes

  • The effects of changes in foreign exchange rates

  • Related party disclosures

  • Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations

  • Earnings per share (EPS)

  • Fair value measurement

Prepare and Present Financial Statements in Accordance with Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards

  • Basis of preparation and presentation of financial statements

  • Prepare financial statements under selected HKFRS for a single entity

  • Prepare a statement of cash flows for a single entity

Apply the Accounting Principles and Concepts to Prepare Financial Statements with Simple Group Structures

  • Business combination

  • Investments in associates

  • Joint arrangements

  • Sustainability connected disclosures

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