University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

22309 Accounting for Overseas Transactions

6cp

Requisite(s): 22107 Accounting for Business OR 221070 Accounting for Business OR 22105 Accounting A OR 221050 Accounting A

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.


Undergraduate

This subject introduces students to the basic concepts underlying the variety of accounting issues involved in the recording and reporting of overseas transactions. It covers relevant aspects of documentation, foreign exchange gains and losses, foreign exchange hedging, forward exchange contracts, effects of overseas inflation, financing overseas transactions and facilitation through government and non-government agencies. It provides skills and information needed to advise clients on overseas transactions. Concentration is placed on the operational and accounting treatment of foreign operations as distinct from a marketing or economic approach to the subject area.


For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.business.uts.edu.au/courses/subject/syllabus/22309.pdf

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $889.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,280.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.