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Account for and interpret economic events and transactions related to special types of divestitures including spinoffs and equity carveouts.
Account for and interpret economic events and transactions related to corporate reorganizations such as leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations.
Account for and interpret economic events and transactions related to tax issues in inter-corporate investments.
Account for and interpret economic events and transactions related t financial statements analysis with inter-corporate investments.
Course Orientation
Special Types of DivestituresAcquirer firms may divest their investments in other firms in some exotic ways. In this module, you will explore two notable special divestitures: spinoffs and equity carveouts.
Corporate ReorganizationsAcquirer firms may obtain the control of target firms in some exotic ways. In this module, you will explore two notable corporate reorganizations: leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and recapitalizations (RECAPs).
Tax Considerations in Inter-Corporate InvestmentsInter-corporate investments can result in special tax issues for target shareholders and target firms. In this module, you will explore taxable versus tax-free transactions, step-ups versus carryovers, deferred taxes, and miscellaneous acquisition-related tax issues including loss trafficking and goodwill taxation.
Financial Statement Analysis (FSA) with Inter-Corporate InvestmentsFinancial statement analysis (FSA) builds models to evaluate past position and predict future performance of a firm using financial statements. In this module, you will explore FSA in the presence of inter-corporate investments and calculation of organic versus acquired growth.
This course aims at assisting you in interpreting financial accounting information related to advanced issues in inter-corporate investments. The course will cover four main topics over four modules: (i) accounting for spinoffs and equity carveouts, (ii) accounting for leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations, (iii) tax considerations in inter-corporate investments, and (iv) financial statement analysis in the presence of inter-corporate investments. The course will be useful for students to un