Accounting Law (Seminar)

3 ECTS / Semester-long / Portuguese

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit

Accounting as a law area; study of the goals and people interested in accounting (individual and consolidated accounts) The legal sources (DL 158/2009, framework and specific accounting rules - study of some of them; the accounting principles. The main accounting pieces - case study; asset (tangible, intangible, investment property; inventories and credits; liabilities; impairment provisions and amortization. accounting options and fraud; legal consequences (tax, criminal, banking and commercial law) of the types of accounting mistakes and errors.

 

Syllabus

  1. Accounting as an Information System
  2. SNC - framework and specific accounting rules
  3. Understanding the financial statements
  4. The Impact of accounting options
  5. The manipulation of information
  6. Legal consequences of the accounting law mismatch

Faculty

Assistant Professor
Licenciatura em Direito pela Escola do Porto da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa Mestrado em Direito Fiscal pela Faculdade de Direito…