Certificate inf IFRS offered by ACCA

It is very useful for the the accountancy students, further helpful for the industry. COst 110 Euro(110*105 =11550 RS) 

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SYLLABUS

1. The nature and operations of the IASB
• Structure of the IASC/IASB
• Extant standards of the IASB
• The framework 
  
2. The status and use of IFRSs around the world
• The use of IFRS around the world
• The IASB roadmap
• The annual IASB bound volume and its use
  
3. Presentation and profit
• IAS 1, Presentation of financial statements
• IAS 18, Revenue
• IAS 8, Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors
  
4. Asset recognition and measurement
• IAS 16, Property, plant and equipment
• IAS 38, Intangible assets
• IAS 40, Investment Property
• IAS 36, Impairment of assets
• IAS 23, Borrowing costs
• IAS 20, Accounting for government grants and disclosure of government assistance
• IAS 2, Inventories
• IAS 11, Construction contracts
• IAS 17, Leases
• IAS 32, Financial instruments - presentation
• IAS 39, Financial instruments - recognition and measurement
• IAS 41, Agriculture
• IFRS 7, Financial instruments: disclosures
• IFRS 6, Exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources
• IFRS 5, Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations
  
5. Accounting for liabilities
• IFRS 2, Share-based payment
• IAS 37, Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets
• IAS 10, Events after the reporting period
• IAS 19, Employee benefits
• IAS 12, Income taxes
  
6. Group accounting
• IAS 27, Consolidated financial statements and accounting for investment in subsidiaries
• IAS 28, Accounting for investments in associates
• IAS 31, Joint ventures
• IAS 21, The effects of changes in foreign exchange rates
• IAS 29, Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies
  
7. Disclosure standards
• IAS 7, Statement of cash flows
• IAS 24, Related party disclosures
• IAS 33, Earnings per share
• IAS 34, Interim financial reporting
• IFRS 4, Insurance contracts
• IFRS 1, First time adoption of IFRS
• IFRS 8, Operating segments
• IAS 30, Disclosures in the statements of banks and similar financial institutions
8. Principal differences between UK/US GAAP and IFRS
   
9. Proposals for change 

Girls secured all the three top positions in BSc Part-II annual examinations 2009

Saturday, July 03, 2010
By our correspondent

Karachi

Girls secured all the three top positions in BSc Part-II annual examinations 2009 as 997 students passed the examination out of 3209 candidates who had appeared, announced Controller Examinations University of Karachi (KU) on Friday. The passing percentage was 31.06.


As per the gazette released by the Examination Department of the university, Faiza Faruq daughter of Ghulam Faruq, a student of Khatoon-e-Pakistan Government Degree College for Women, achieved the first position by securing 1359 marks out of total 1600. The second position was secured by Falak Naz daughter of Kabeer Ahmed, a student of DJ Sindh Government Science College, who achieved 1290 marks. While the third position went to Madhia Abdullah daughter of Muhammad Abdullah, a student of the DHA Degree College for Women, who obtained 1266 marks.

According to the results, 562 students passed the exam with first division, 419 candidates with second and 16 were declared passed with third division.

The Controller Examinations said that six results were withheld for want of particulars and two for want of enrolment, while one case of unfair means was reported during the exams.
source: the news website

New books available at ICAP Libraries check them out 16 june 2010

Paper Book Author
Functional English (Paper-1) High School-English Grammar & Composition Wren and Martin
Quantitative Methods (Paper-2) Applied Mathematics for Business Economics and the Social Sciences Frank S. Budnic
Mathematics for Business and Finance Hamid A. Hakeem
Business Mathematics M.M. Hasan
Business Mathematics M.A Mirza
Introductory Statistics for Economics and Management Hamid A Hakeem
Statistics Concepts and Methods Khursheed Alam
Introduction to Statistics (Third edition) Ronald E. Walpole
Introduction to Economics
and Finance (Paper-3) Modern Economic Theory K.K. Dewett
Introduction to Economics & Finance Abdul Haleem Khawaja
Economics Samuelson & Nordhaus
Macro Economics
Paul Crompton, Michl Swann,
Sandra Hopkins William A. McEachen
Introduction to Financial
Accounting (Paper-4) Financial and Managerial Accounting-The Basis of Business Decisions Meigs William Haka Bettner
Financial and Managerial Accounting-The Basis of Business Decisions Mukherjee & Hanif
Business Accounting Vol-1 Frank Wood & Alan Sangster
Business Accounting Vol-2 Frank Wood & Alan Sangster
Mercantile Law (Paper-5)
Bare Acts: Contract Act. 1872 Sale of Goods Act 930.
Partnership Act. 1932 Negotiation Instruments Act 1881
Trust Act 1920 and Carriage Goods Sea Act 1925
Elements of Mercantile Law N.D Kapoor
Mercantile Law M.C Kuchhal
Mercantile Law M.C. Shukla
Mercantile Law Luqman Baig
Business Law Khalid Mehmood Cheema
Financial Accounting (Paper-6)
IFRS Practical implementation Guide and
Workbook (Wiley Series)
Abbas Ali Mirza, Graham J. Holt and
Magnus
Grrell (Relevant topics)
Company Accounts Javed H. Zuberi
Preparation and Interpretation of Financial Statements / Ratio Analysis Javed H. Zuberi

Advanced Accounting Paper Out on 16 June 2010

Advanced Accounting Paper out , Punjab University Lahore. (042 TV News channel)
B.Com Examinations has been continueing for couple of days. Advanced Acounting paper of B.com part 2 has been out. Students are protesting for this issue. University has announce that they will allow 25 extra marks for every students, however advanced accounting paper will again be held on 30 June 2010.

Nuclear Summit 2010 in Washington DC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's ask for tougher sanctions on Iran on Monday in talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao that focused on their countries' annoyed economic relationship.

Their one and half hour encounter came at the start of a two-day nuclear security summit of about 50 countries for finding ways to prevent terrorists from getting their hands on weapons-grade nuclear material.

Washington has been pressing Beijing to do appreciation of their China's Currency yuan's, and many U.S. lawmakers said that by deliberately holding down its currency China is giving its firms an unfair export subsidy that may costs jobs in many
countries.

The list of leaders in attendance ranged from heads of state of traditional nuclear powers like Russia and France to nuclear-armed foes like India and neighboring Pakistan.
Leaders of about all nuclear powers attend this summit that includes Russia,France,India AND Pakistan

US President said to Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani that they are not have any issue regarding security of the nuclear arms of Pakistan, Contrary to some media reports.