MAA725 Advanced Accounting Principles and Practice

Trimester T1, 2020
Assessment 2

DUE DATE AND TIME:
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL GRADE:
HURDLE DETAILS: 15 May 2020, 11:59 PM
20%
N/A
Learning Outcome Details

Unit Learning Outcome (ULO) Graduate Learning Outcome
(GLO)
ULO 1: Explain, evaluate and apply a range of advanced
accounting theories and standards. GLO 1
ULO 2: Identify, define and integrate to construct explanations
that can inform solutions to relevant accounting issues. GLO 2
Assessment Feedback:
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from the due date or the approved extension date, whichever is later.
Failure to submit your work on time will affect the assessment process for your assessment and your
final result for the unit.
Description / Requirements
This assignment is an individual assignment and consists of two tasks. Please complete each task by
using tables and/or spaces provided in another document titled “Answer sheet for Assessment 2”
under the folder “Assignment 2” on clouddeakin.
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Task One
It is stated under AASB 2 ‘Share based payment’ that companies must value and record as an expense
any options granted to employees in exchange for their services. Previously Australian companies
recorded share-based payments in the notes to the financial statements, arguing that share-based
payments did not cost the company anything.
Required
a) Explain the reasoning that led to the development of AASB 2 ‘Share based payment’.
b) Discuss briefly the possible economic implications of AASB 2.
(10 marks)
Task Two
Sampras Ltd issued $20 million of convertible notes on 1 July 2020. The notes have a life of 6 years
and a face value of $20 each. Annual interest of 5% is payable at the end of each year. The notes
were issued at their face value and each note can be converted into one ordinary share in Sampras
Ltd at any time over their lives. Organisations with a similar risk profile to Sampras Ltd have issued
debt with similar terms but without the option to convert at the rate of 7% per annum.
Required
a) Identify the present value of the notes and calculate the equity component of the convertible
notes;
b) Provide the appropriate accounting entries to record i) the issue of the convertible notes; ii)
the first payment of interest; iii) the conversion of convertible notes into shares on 30 June
2021.
(10 marks)
Submission Instructions
This assignment must be submitted electronically by the due date as a Microsoft Word document
by uploading all documents to the respective assignment dropbox, via the MAA725 site on
CloudDeakin. Each student has to submit their own individual assignment 2, into assignment 2
dropbox. Specifically, when uploading your assignment 2, the document must be given a name using
the following syntax: _MAA725.doc (or ‘.docx’) (for example,
123456789_MAA725.doc). Submitting a hard copy of this assignment is not required.
Students who anticipate possible difficulty in lodging this assignment online (for example, being in
a remote place on the due date with no computer access) must contact the Unit Chair at least one
week prior to the due date in order to make alternative arrangements for submission.
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compassionate reasons under special circumstances. Extensions can only be approved by the Unit
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Notes
 Penalties for late submission: The following marking penalties will apply if you submit an
assessment task after the due date without an approved extension: 5% of the total available
mark will be deducted from the final mark achieved for each day up to five days, and work
that is submitted more than five days after the due date will not be marked. You will receive
0% for the task. ‘Day’ means calendar day for electronic submissions. The Unit Chair may
refuse to accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticable to assess the task
after the due date.