Want to take your financial accounting skills to the next level? This Intermediate Financial Accounting class will deepen your knowledge of complex accounting principles and prepare you for the challenges of navigating advanced financial reporting scenarios.
The course starts by covering the intricacies of income statements, including elements such as footnotes, management's discussion, and various complex components like revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, interest expense, and capitalized interest. The class will provide insight into handling unusual items, discontinued operations, restructuring charges, and an introduction to earnings per share (EPS), including options and convertible securities.
From there, you'll focus on deferred taxes, which encompasses the comparison of book versus tax basis, permanent differences, effective tax rates, and an introduction to Net Operating Losses (NOLs) and associated tax journal entries. You'll also learn about intercompany investments, how to navigate equity method investments, the complexities of debt accounting, deferred taxes, and related topics.
By the end of this course, students will be ready to take on complicated accounting tasks.
Students should be comfortable with the concepts covered in Intro to Financial Accounting.
Build practical skills by working through guided projects designed to reinforce learning
Course resources are shaped through repeated instruction to support outcomes
Amazing experience. The professor really broke down the material and made sure I understood it. I would definitely recommend this class or school to anyone. Truly loved it!
— David G.
Classes are led by professionals who combine real-world expertise with proven teaching abilities
Return to the course at no cost to review concepts and strengthen your skills
Attend this course live online. Engage with expert instructors, ask questions, and get feedback on your exercises and projects.
Unlike other providers, these are not mass open-enrollment classes. At CreativeLive, you’ll learn in small groups (typically 8-15 students) and receive personalized attention.
Get the same interactivity and access to the instructor as in-person students. There are no extra fees and we’ll work with you to ensure your remote setup is perfect.
Upon completion of this course, you’ll receive an official certificate testifying to your mastery of the curriculum. We’ll send you a link where you can download your certificate, share it online with your friends, post it to your professional network on LinkedIn, and view all your earned certificates. Congratulations on your achievement!
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We offer a single free retake of the class within a year.
You can also access recordings of each session in your student portal within one business day of the session’s end. Recordings are available for one month after the session.
