ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FINAL ASSESSMENT Assessment Weight: 50 total marks Instructions: • All questions must be answered by using the answer boxes provided in this paper. • Completed answers must be submitted to Blackboard by the published due date and time. Please ensure you follow the submission instructions at the end of this paper. Purpose: This assessment consists of six (6) questions and is designed to assess your level of knowledge of the key topics covered in this unit.
Question 1 (7 marks) a) Discuss two (2) motivations that managers may have for attempting to influence or bias reported financial results? (2 marks) ANSWER a): ** Answer box will enlarge as you type b) Suggest one (1) way this behaviour can be minimised (1 mark) ANSWER b: c) Assume that a drilling machine is acquired for the following consideration: • cash: $200,000 • shares: 20,000 shares with a market value of $4.50 each • Machine: Cost $100,000, accumulated depreciation, $75,000, fair value $37,000 The buying company also agrees to assume the liability of the selling company’s accounts payable of $25 000 as part of the drilling machine acquisition. Required: Calculate the acquisition cost of the drilling machine (4 marks) (SHOW YOUR WORKINGS) ANSWER c): Question 2 (11 marks) a) Explain what effect will an upward asset revaluation have on subsequent periods’ profits? (2 marks) ANSWER a): b) Credit Corp Ltd. purchases a building on July 1, 2019, for $500,000. The building is expected to have a useful life of twenty years with no residual value (straight line). The company uses the revaluation model for this class of asset and will obtain current valuations every two years. On 30 June, 2021, an appraisal on the building is conducted and its fair value is determined to be $490,000. On 30 June 2023, the building is again appraised, and this time the fair value is determined to be $390,000. Required: Provide journal entries to account for the two revaluations (9 marks) SHOW YOUR WORKINGS ANSWER b): Question 3 (7 marks) Consider the following independent situations. For each of the situations described, suggest the appropriate accounting treatment for recording the liability. Back-up your answer with reference to the appropriate recognition criteria and disclosure requirements for liabilities, as per AASB 137. a) A manufacturing company is being sued by a customer group for losses sustained due to a faulty product design. The company’s lawyers feel the suit will likely succeed, but they cannot estimate the potential amount of damages that will be awarded. (2 marks) ANSWER a): b) A resource company is obligated by municipal regulations to clean up the site of an active drilling operation in 10 years’ time when the resource has been fully extracted. The company is in its first year of operations and has no previous experience in cleaning up drilling sites. (2.5 marks) ANSWER b): c) A mining company has determined that it will cost approximately $10 million to restore a site that it previously mined. (2.5 marks) ANSWER c): Question 4 (7 marks) As a supplier of heavy-duty machineries, Pine Ltd leased a machine to Bulla Ltd on an 8-year non-cancellable lease. The following information is available: Lease term 8 years i) Residual value at the end of the term $10 000 Ii) Bargain purchase option at the end of the term $20 000 iii) Minimum lease payments (at the end of each year) $120 000 iv) Service costs included in minimum lease payments $20 000 Rate implicit in the contract 12% Cumulative present value factor at 12% for 8 years 4.9676 Present value factor at 12% for 8th year 0.4039
Required: a) Which of the items from i) – iv) above will not be included in determining the leased asset and leased liability at the inception of the lease, and explain why not? (3 marks) ANSWER a): b) What is the amount to be recorded as an asset and a liability in the books of the lessee that is in accordance with AASB 16 Leases? (4 marks) SHOW YOUR WORKINGS ANSWER: Question 5 (11 marks) a) Provide two examples of expenditures that are typically not allowable for tax deductions but are recognised as an expense for accounting purposes. (3 marks) ANSWER a): b) Tafty Ltd purchased an equipment on 1 July 2019 for $500 000, and its useful life to be five years, with no residual value. Assume that the only temporary difference for tax-effect accounting purposes relates to the depreciation of the newly acquired equipment. For tax purposes it can be fully depreciated over two years. The tax rate is assumed to be 30 per cent. Required: SHOW YOUR WORKINGS i. Determine whether the depreciation of the equipment will lead to a deferred tax asset, or a deferred tax liability? (4 marks) ANSWER i): ii. What would be the balance of the deferred tax asset or deferred tax liability as at 30 June 2022? (4 marks) ANSWER ii): Question 6 (7 marks) On 1 March 2025, Quality Furniture Importers acquires furniture from a supplier in New Zealand. • The furniture is shipped f.o.b. from New Zealand on 1 September 2025. • The cost of the furniture is NZD $800 000. • The amount has not been paid at 30 September 2025 and exchange rates are as follows: o 1 September 2025 A$1.00 = NZD $1.08 o 30 September 2025 A$1.00 = NZD $1.06 Required: a) What is the amount payable at 1 September and 30 September 2025 in Australian dollars? (Rounded to the nearest whole A$.) (2 marks) ANSWER a): b) Did the Australian dollar strengthen or weaken? (1 mark) ANSWER b): c) Prepare the journal entries for the above dates showing the amount of exchange gain or loss. (4 marks) SHOW YOUR WORKINGS ANSWER c): END OF FINAL ASSESSMENT Submission instructions: • Save submission with your STUDENT ID NUMBER and UNIT CODE e.g. KWD1245 HA3011 • Submission must be in MICROSOFT WORD format only • Upload your submission to the appropriate link on Blackboard • You have two attempts to submit your assessment with only the final submission being marked. Please ensure your submission is the correct document as special consideration is not given if you make a mistake. • All submissions are automatically passed through SafeAssign to assess academic integrity
PSY1SFP Lab Report Instructions PSY1SFP Laboratory Report Advancing the Research Proposal into a Full Lab Report Due 12 pm yesterday General Overview After a researcher has received approval for their research from the ethics committee (and hopefully some money from a funding body), they can go ahead and conduct their study. Sometimes a study cannot be conducted as originally proposed due to modifications requested by the ethics committee or due to restrictions in funding. Thus, a researcher might need to adapt their design slightly and approach the same question in a slightly different way to that originally intended. This is likely to be the case with the study your group proposed, so while the question will remain the same and the literature you reviewed remains relevant, the methodology employed will be based on the Methods Details provided on LMS for each scenario that utilises a two group design with an experimental group and a control to form the independent variable and a single outcome measure that forms the dependent variable that we will use to judge whether the two groups differ. For the full write up of the Laboratory Report, we are expecting students to take the literature (and expand on it slightly) they investigated to create the DDP, adapt their aim and hypothesis to fit the methodology provided for each scenario and then write their results and discussion based on the outcome of this analysis. The work previously presented in terms of design may be incorporated into the discussion as part of the future directions paragraph that provides suggestions on where the research can go from here. The following sections of this document provide detailed advice on each section of the lab report for PSY1SFP. In the table below is a list of resources available on LMS to provide further assistance with this task. Please note that this document as a whole is not presented in APA format, except for the example notation in the Results section and the scale reference provided in the Methods section (as indicated). Students should refer to the lab report template for formatting details. Available Resources Resource Location Marking Rubric Assignment 2 Section – LMS Lab Report Submission Checklist Assignment 2 Section – LMS Methods Details for Scenarios Tutorial 5 Student notes – LMS Lab Report Word Template with inbuilt APA formatting Assignment 2 Section – LMS Scientific Writing Lecture 1st ITRIP lecture (see also Week 8 Lecture) Tutorial Notes Tutorial folder section of LMS Lab Report Data Excel Data Entry Template Assignment 2 Section – LMS APA Guides La Trobe APA 7 LibGuide Owl@Purdue APA Guide Link In the blue text below I have created an alternative scenario in order to provide examples for writing up certain sections of the report, or points of consideration that a researcher might need to address when writing on this topic. This can be used as a guide for writing about any of the other scenarios to successfully cover key conceptual questions relevant to their topic. The jury is out on whether brain training makes a difference to individuals who do not have any memory problems, but could they be of assistance in populations where mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is regularly observed? You have been asked by a local community group to help them explore whether there is any evidence that memory skills improve after older adult participants with MCI receive brain training for 6 weeks compared to those who do not. In doing this, you will also help the community group understand the background research in the area so they can decide whether they should apply for funding in order to provide training programs for all of the older adults in their group. Dataset Details: 30 participants who have received training and 30 who have not. • Group 1: No memory training • Group 2: Memory training • Measure: One Measure (Multifactorial Metamemory Questionnaire—Ability subscale (MMQ – Ability)) Title Page A sample title page has been provided in the Assignments section of LMS, and is included in the Lab Report Template for you to enter the details specific to your report. As described in the Scientific Writing Lecture in Week 1, the title page must include: • A header (that is preceded by the words Running Head: ) • Page number • A descriptive title that characterizes your study in 12-15 words. o This would include mention of the construct under investigation, the groups being measured and potentially a hint at the outcome. o PSY1SFP Lab report is not an acceptable title. • Your name • Your campus • Word Count Abstract (not included in overall word count) A 120 word maximum summary of the whole investigation that is actually the last section that should be written, this includes: • Short introductory sentence to set up context of study. • Aim and hypothesis • Method o Participants, Measure and Procedure • Results • Conclusion Example Abstract based on the example scenario: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is commonly reported as memory difficulties in older adults. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of memory training in older adults with MCI and hypothesized that such training would have a positive effect on memory ability. Thirty participants (Mean Age = 63.75) received six weeks of memory training and 30 (Mean Age = 64.25) control participants who received no training but participated in general social activities for six weeks were assessed using the self-report Multifactorial Metamemory Questionnaire-Ability subscale (MMQ-Ability). Results indicate that participants who received training reported significantly better memory performance than those who did not. This suggests that memory training may assist with minimising MCI in older adults in day-to-day life. Introduction (approx. 500 words) The introduction to the lab report can incorporate information presented in the original research proposal, but this must not be provided in dot point form, should be revised in context with feedback from the tutor on the DDP and also with the additional literature that has been sourced to develop understanding of the topic. The introduction should have the following flow of information for all scenarios: • Start off very broad, generalizing about the area Then provide more information about the general research area, linking it to the population we are interested in Make sure to define any unfamiliar or ambiguous terms as you go along, introduce abbreviated terms that you may be using frequently • Literature review contains information relevant to the hypotheses Do not include lengthy descriptions of how researchers did their study – report only important findings • Try not to start sentences with a reference unless the author is very relevant to the statement at hand. • Introduction funnels down to the aim and hypothesis Aim – tells the reader what you are investigating and why • IMPORTANT: • Research Proposal is written in FUTURE tense • Research Report is written in PAST tense Hypothesis • Statement of what you expected to find • How did you expect the groups to differ based on your reading? • Have a theoretical basis • Follow logically from the literature review • Hypotheses – quantifiable measures that can be tested • Write in essay format using properly structured sentences and paragraphing No dot points! • Not a separate section – new paragraph at the end of the introduction • Do not provide hypotheses in the form of a list • Make sure to include clear quantifiable measures Important points for the Introduction based on the example scenario • What is MCI? • What age group mostly experiences MCI? • How can MCI and memory impairments be measured? • What is memory training? • What evidence is there for the use of memory training to improve MCI symptoms? Briefly in general, and specifically as applied to older adults. • What will the current study aim to examine? o Measuring what kind of sample, using what measure? • Based on the literature presented above, what will it hypothesise? Introduction Relevant Marking Capabilities: Inquiry/Research, Critical Thinking, Writing Methods (approx. 250 words) Your method section will likely need to be updated to reflect the design provided for each scenario on LMS. Again, this a two group design that will enable us to conduct an Independent Samples t test to test the hypothesis. Your method needs to incorporate the scale relevant to your scenario into the materials and procedure section. • Again Important: Lab Report Method is written in PAST tense • This is the Who? What with? How? Section. Should allow anyone who reads it to replicate the study. • Details important information in logical order. • Follows straight on from Introduction. Participants • Who? • Where from? • How many? • Important characteristics? • Exclusion criteria? Materials • Includes everything you used and why. Not pencils or paper! • Should be listed in the order used in the study with an explanation as to the purpose • No Dot Points! • You will need to describe your scale: Number of questions Type of questions Format of questions Reliability and Validity information (see Information for Lab Reports Methods Section document). • Referencing for the scale (edit section in red to be specific to the name of your scale). In text: (Your Surname, 2021) or Your Surname (2021) as appropriate In References section: Your Surname, Your Initial., (2021). Name of scale [Measurement instrument]. Unpublished scale, Department of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Procedure • Step by step, how you carried out the study o Logical order of operation o Instructions must be sufficient for somebody to be able to reproduce the study o Any instructions given to participants? o In what context were the scales administered? Important points for the Method based on the example scenario: Participants • Who? Older adults with mean age of 64 years • Where from? Recruited from local community organisation • How many? 30 experimental and 30 control. • Important characteristics? None detailed • Exclusion criteria? None detailed Materials: Self-report Multifactorial Metamemory Questionnaire-Ability subscale (MMQ-Ability). Detail how many items, type of response scale and what a high or low score means. Shown to have good reliability and validity (provide details). Procedure Methods Relevant Marking Capabilities: Critical Thinking, Creative Problem Solving, Writing Results (approx. 150 words) The PSY1SFP Lab Report Results Section Template in the Assignments folder on LMS and discussed in Tutorial 8 provides a breakdown of the sequence of information that must be presented in this section. From this template you can see that the Results section is not long (potentially 100 – 150 words), but it does provide an important platform for the Discussion section of your report. The information below provides an example of the results calculations, format of presentation for the t test and interpretation of the results that must be presented after the introductory sentence to the results section, Figure (bar chart with 95% CIs) generated from the excel file and the Figure caption. image/jpeg • How to calculate Lower and Upper 95% CI for the Difference Between Means using the data in the scenario above as an example: o Lower Limit = M1 – M2 – (tCL)(SED) o Upper Limit = M1 – M2 + (tCL)(SED) • M1 and M2 = the Means from the excel output above • Standard Error of Difference Between Means (SED) = 2.1957 o ** This value was supplied in the Tutorial 8 notes for all scenarios. ? Note: Each scenario has a different value so please check ? The final CI values can be calculated within the Lab Report Data template so you don’t have to use this formula (or if you want to check your answer). • t critical level (tCL) for 95% Confidence Intervals = 2.002 (same for all scenarios) o Lower 95% CI ? = (42.80 – 48.93) – (2.002)(2.1957) ? = -6.13 – 4.3958 ? = -10.5258 o Upper 95% CI ? = (42.80 – 48.93) + (2.002)(2.1957) ? = -6.13 + 4.3958 ? = -1.7315 This is a general structure for your Results section…. Opening sentence to detail what kind of analysis was conducted on what kind of sample, groups and measure. Second sentence to introduce the Figure including mention of what type of descriptive statistics are displayed and the groups and measures involved. Figure Number. Caption must detail type of descriptive statistics are displayed and the groups and measures involved (this is quite similar to the sentence above). Insert Graph from Excel Refer to Figure above and describe the patterns in the data. Which group has higher or lower scores? Do not repeat Means here as it is redundant information (i.e. already visible in the graph). State the name of the analysis and what it revealed (i.e. was it significant or not?) DO NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE HYPOTHESIS IN THIS SECTION (this will be in the discussion), report the statistical information from the excel graph by substituting in the numbers into the red text here, t(58) = t value, p = p value, d = Cohen’s effect size, 95% CI [Lower limit, Upper Limit]. This is the end of your results section …. Example description of results based on the example scenario data: Figure 1 above shows that the no training group obtained lower scores than the training group on the MMQ-Ability scale. Independent samples t test revealed that there was a significant difference in scores between the two groups meaning that memory performance, as measured by the MMQ-Ability scale, was significantly better in the training group for this sample, t(58) = -2.79, p = .007, d = 0.72, 95% CI [-10.53, -1.73]. Results Relevant Marking Capabilities: Critical Thinking, Creative Problem Solving, Quantitative Literacy, Writing Discussion (approx. 500 words) The discussion section ties up your interpretation of the study outcomes for the reader. It has five main components that appear in paragraph from (not separate sections) that detail what the study has found, how this fits in with the literature covered in the introduction and also other relevant research that may help explain the results, what kinds of problems the study may have encountered in terms of design and execution, and what could be done next to advance the field. This is all tied up with a concluding paragraph to sum up the investigation. The components flow as follows:
Restate the research aims and summarize the main findings in the first paragraph Do the results support/refute your hypotheses?
Interpret, evaluate, and comment on the important findings in your study How does your data compare to what others have already found?
Methodological issues? Problems with design (e.g. issues with internal and external validity)
Future directions What could you do next?
Conclusion Last paragraph is a concluding paragraph that sums up the findings. So the discussion will ……. 1) Follow on from Results – not a new page unless it falls on one 2) Summarise findings and indicate the implications 3) Discuss limitations of participant selection, data collection method, and the content of your new scale So state; • What was the hypothesis again and was it supported or not? • Does your finding agree with the literature you have reviewed in the introduction? • What problems would need to be fixed/considered before you or someone else runs another study in this field? • Conclusion Discussion Relevant Marking Capabilities: Inquiry/Research, Critical Thinking, Writing References • This report requires the use of a minimum of 8-10 peer reviewed references (i.e. journal articles) in the full write-up of the investigation. You may use the articles sourced together with your group for the DDP proposal, but you should endeavor to collect additional information to 1) characterize your study in the introduction, and 2) examine the outcomes in context with existing literature in the discussion. • It is ok for you to use new references in the discussion that have not been cited in the introduction, particularly if your result was not as you hypothesised and you need to account for the outcome obtained. • All references appearing in the References section must be cited in text. • Information of searching for articles can be found via the Psychology LibGuide, as per Tutorial 1. o https://latrobe.libguides.com/apa7 References Relevant Marking Capabilities: Inquiry/Research, APA format APA Format • A list of APA formatting points for lab reports was provided in the notes for Tutorial 2. • Most aspects of APA formatting are built into the template provided on LMS. • Information on referencing in APA format was provided in ITRIP lecture 1 in Week 1 • Information can also be found via the Owl@Purdue referencing tool or the APA manual. o https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html APA Relevant Marking Capabilities: Writing, APA format
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