Intermediate Financial Accounting Course
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Hands-on Training from Experts Live Online or Self-Paced

Build on your accounting foundation by exploring complex topics like revenue recognition, inventory valuation, and long-term assets. You’ll examine financial reporting standards and learn to analyze financial statements with greater depth and accuracy, ideal for those pursuing CPA preparation or advancing in finance roles.

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This course includes

  • 6 hours of live, project-based training from experts
  • Software Access
  • Retake for free within 1 year
  • Access to class recordings (30 days)
  • Verified digital certificate of completion
  • Learn at an accredited institution

Ready to advance your financial accounting expertise? This course will expand your understanding of complex accounting principles and equip you to handle the challenges of advanced financial reporting. It begins with an in-depth look at income statements, covering details such as footnotes, management’s discussion, and complex elements like revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, interest expense, and capitalized interest. You’ll also learn to address unusual items, discontinued operations, restructuring charges, and gain an introduction to earnings per share (EPS), including the impact of options and convertible securities.

Next, the focus shifts to deferred taxes, including the comparison of book versus tax basis, permanent differences, effective tax rates, and an introduction to Net Operating Losses (NOLs) with related tax journal entries. Additional topics include intercompany investments, equity method accounting, the complexities of debt accounting, and further exploration of deferred tax considerations. By the end of the course, you’ll be prepared to manage complex accounting assignments with confidence.

This course has a prerequisite

Students should be comfortable with the concepts covered in Intro to Financial Accounting.

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Schedule & Enrollment: Intermediate Financial Accounting Course

  • 6 Hours
  • Full tuition: $325
  • Live Online
  • Free retake
  • Expert instructors
  • Software Access
  • Small classes

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