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6 credit points Level 2 undergrad Offered S1 / S2 ~40% exams Department of Accounting

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At 30 June 2026 (tax rate 30%), Harlow Ltd reports: Plant carrying amount $120,000 with a tax base of $80,000; Accounts receivable gross $60,000 with an allowance for doubtful debts of $9,000 (so carrying amount $51,000 and tax base $60,000); and a provision for warranty with a carrying amount of $12,000 and a tax base of $0. There were no opening deferred-tax balances. What is the closing deferred tax liability (DTL)?

Worked solution

Classify each item by comparing carrying amount (CA) with tax base (TB). For the plant, an asset with CA $120,000 above TB $80,000 gives a taxable temporary difference (TTD) of $40,000, which produces a deferred tax liability.

For accounts receivable, an asset with CA $51,000 below TB $60,000 gives a deductible temporary difference (DTD) of $9,000 (the allowance is a future deduction), which produces a deferred tax asset, not a liability.
For the warranty provision, a liability with CA $12,000 above TB $0 gives a DTD of $12,000, which also produces a deferred tax asset.
Only the plant creates the DTL. Closing DTL = total TTD times rate = $40,000 times 0.30 = $12,000. (The deferred tax asset, for completeness, is ($9,000 + $12,000) times 0.30 = $6,300, but that is the DTA, not the DTL.)

The trap: Netting everything into one figure. Adding the receivables and warranty DTDs (which create a deferred tax asset of $6,300) onto the plant figure gives the distractor $18,300. AASB 112 classification keeps the deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability separate: only the plant's taxable temporary difference feeds the DTL, so the DTL is $12,000. classic slip!

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Where your grade comes from Exams 40% · Coursework 30% · Assignment 30%

One exam decides 40% of your grade. No hurdle; the official exam brief states the exam has no hurdle requirement. This whole page is built around that.

Overview

What ACX2100 is, and where it sits

ACX2100 Financial Accounting is Monash University's second-year company financial reporting unit (offered as ACC2100, ACF2100 and ACB2120 across campuses, which are the same unit and cannot be taken together for credit). It moves past the first-year bookkeeping cycle into the Australian Accounting Standards: how a reporting entity is regulated, and how to apply the specific standards that govern cash flow reporting, asset measurement, income tax, sustainability disclosure, business combinations and group accounts. The set text is Loftus et al., Financial Reporting (5th edition, Wiley), and the unit is delivered through recorded lectures uploaded to Moodle plus assessed face-to-face tutorials.

The content splits into two halves. Weeks 1 to 7 work through standalone standards on a single-entity set of accounts: the regulatory and conceptual framework (Week 1), the statement of cash flows by the direct method (Week 2), impairment under AASB 136 (Week 3), revaluation of property, plant and equipment under AASB 116 (Week 4), accounting for income tax (current tax in Week 5 and deferred tax in Week 6 under AASB 112), and the new Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards AASB S1 and S2 (Week 7). After a Week 8 revision break, Weeks 9 to 12 are the group-accounting block: business combinations and goodwill under AASB 3 (Week 9), then consolidation general principles and intragroup transactions under AASB 10 (Weeks 10 and 11), and finally investments in associates and the equity method under AASB 128 (Week 12).

The unit is technical and cumulative rather than essay-based. Almost every topic resolves into a repeatable journal-and-worksheet procedure (a current-tax worksheet, a four-step deferred-tax worksheet, an acquisition analysis, a consolidation worksheet), so the marks reward students who can run each procedure cleanly under exam conditions. It is the standards foundation that later financial accounting, corporate reporting and auditing units assume, and is a core requirement on the CPA Australia and CA ANZ accreditation path.

How it differs from its first-year siblings. ACC1100 is the first-year prerequisite that teaches the double-entry cycle and basic financial statements; ACX2100 assumes that bookkeeping fluency and instead applies the AASB standards (impairment, revaluation, income tax, consolidation) on top of it. ACC1001 is a managers-and-decisions framing of accounting rather than the standards-application track. BFC2140 Corporate Finance 1 is a sibling second-year business core unit that uses financial statements for valuation and capital decisions rather than preparing them under the reporting standards.

Official outline: handbook.monash.edu · ACX2100 outline. Always treat the official outline and the exam timetable as authoritative.

Difficulty & time commitment

Is ACX2100 hard, and how much time does it take?

ACX2100 is manageable if you keep a weekly rhythm and treat the back half as the main event. Across student reviews the pattern is consistent: it starts gently and steepens, and the heaviest assessment is the part that separates grades.

Difficulty
3.4 / 5
Moderate to Hard. Gentle early, demanding back half. Hard to fail with steady work; an HD takes consistent practice.
Coursework
60%
Coursework carries most of the grade. The heaviest single component is the exam at 40%.
Weekly time
~10 hrs
The standard load for a 6-credit-point unit, around 1.5 hours per credit point per week including class.

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Weeks 1 to 7building
Weeks 9 to 12steep

The difficulty curve and the assessment weighting point the same way: the back half is harder and worth more. Front-loading effort there is the highest-return decision in the unit.

Is this unit for you

Who tends to do well, and who tends to struggle

You will likely do well if

  • You are fluent in first-year double-entry bookkeeping, because ACX2100 stacks standards (deferred tax, consolidation) on top of journal entries and assumes you can post them quickly.
  • You learn each topic as a repeatable procedure and rehearse it: the current-tax worksheet, the four-step deferred-tax worksheet, the acquisition analysis and the consolidation worksheet are all drillable.
  • You do the weekly Group and Individual Exercises every week rather than batching them, since the content is cumulative and Weeks 9 to 12 assume Weeks 5 and 6.
  • You memorise the small classification rules cleanly: recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use, an asset with carrying amount above tax base gives a deferred tax liability, and goodwill is written to zero first in a cash-generating unit impairment.

You may struggle if

  • You fall behind on the income-tax weeks (5 and 6), because deferred tax is a 25-mark exam stake and every later consolidation entry carries a tax effect at 30%.
  • You treat the multiple-choice topics (sustainability in Week 7 and associates in Week 12) as optional, even though roughly half of Part 1 is drawn from them.
  • You memorise journal entries without understanding the worksheet logic, so a small change in the question (a bargain purchase instead of goodwill, a downward revaluation reversing a prior increase) leaves you stuck.
  • You only practise individual standards and never sit a full consolidation worksheet end to end (acquisition analysis, then BCVR, then pre-acquisition, then intragroup elimination), which is where students lose the most marks.
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What HD students do differently
  • Build one decision procedure per worked-answer machine and rehearse it cold: cash flows by T-account reconstruction, deferred tax by the four-step CA-versus-TB worksheet, business combinations by FVINA then consideration then goodwill, consolidation by the five-step process.
  • Keep a one-page rules sheet of the classification calls that recur (recoverable amount, the revaluation reversal rule, the CA-versus-TB matrix, the consolidation loss-allocation order) and reproduce it from memory.
  • Practise the four Part 2 stakes timed to their mark allocation (deferred tax and business combinations at 25 marks, consolidation at 20, cash flows at 10) so you pace the 2 hour 10 minute sitting correctly.
  • Drill the tax effect on every consolidation adjustment at 30%, because the unrealised-profit elimination and BCVR uplift entries each carry a deferred tax line and that is a common place to drop marks.

Syllabus

The 12 topics, week by week

The exam-weight marker on each topic shows where the marks concentrate. The amber topics carry the highest exam weight.

W1

W1 · Key Financial Reporting Regulations and Regulators for Companies

Loftus Ch 1; AASB / IFRS / Corporations Act 2001

The Australian regulatory players (AASB, ASIC, FRC, ASX, the Corporations Act 2001), how the IASB's IFRS are adapted into AASB standards, and the Conceptual Framework objective of providing decision-useful information about a reporting entity.

Lower exam weight
W2

W2 · Statement of Cash Flows

Loftus Ch 18; AASB 107

The operating, investing and financing classifications and the direct method built by T-account reconstruction to convert accrual figures (cash from customers, cash to suppliers, proceeds on sale of a non-current asset) to cash. A guaranteed 10-mark exam stake.

W3

W3 · Impairment of Assets (AASB 136)

Loftus Ch 8; AASB 136

Impairment loss as carrying amount less recoverable amount, recoverable amount as the higher of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use, cash-generating units, the loss-allocation order (goodwill to zero first, then pro-rata, subject to the asset floor) and the reversal rules.

Lower exam weight
W4

W4 · Revaluation of Assets (AASB 116)

Loftus Ch 6; AASB 116

The cost versus revaluation model chosen per class of asset, first-time revaluation (increase to other comprehensive income and the asset revaluation surplus, decrease to profit or loss) and the subsequent-revaluation reversal rule.

Lower exam weight
W5

W5 · Accounting for Income Tax: Current Tax Issues (AASB 112)

Loftus Ch 13; AASB 112

The current-tax worksheet from accounting profit to taxable profit, permanent versus temporary differences, the 30% rate convention, and tax losses creating a deferred tax asset.

Lower exam weight
W6

W6 · Accounting for Income Tax: Deferred Tax Issues (AASB 112)

Loftus Ch 13; AASB 112

Tax base versus carrying amount, the four-step deferred-tax worksheet, the classification matrix (asset CA above TB gives a taxable temporary difference and a deferred tax liability, the reverse gives a deferred tax asset) and rate-change adjustments. A 25-mark exam stake.

W7

W7 · Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (AASB S1 and S2)

Loftus Ch 23; AASB S1 and S2

Sustainability-related financial disclosures, the standard-setter map (ISSB, IFRS S1 and S2), the four-pillar core content (governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets) and the Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse-gas classifications. A frequent source of Part 1 multiple-choice questions.

W8

W8 · Revision

Weeks 1 to 7

Mid-semester consolidation of the single-entity standards before the group-accounting block begins.

Lower exam weight
W9

W9 · Business Combinations (AASB 3)

Loftus Ch 26; AASB 3

The acquisition method in steps: fair value of identifiable net assets, consideration transferred (including deferred cash at present value and share consideration), goodwill as consideration less FVINA, and gain on bargain purchase. A 25-mark exam stake.

W10

W10 · Consolidation: General Principles (AASB 10)

Loftus Ch 27 and 28; AASB 10

The three-element definition of control and the consolidation worksheet through the five-step process: acquisition analysis, business combination valuation reserve (BCVR) entries, pre-acquisition elimination, intragroup transactions and non-controlling interest.

W11

W11 · Consolidation: Intragroup Transactions (AASB 10)

Loftus Ch 29; AASB 10 and AASB 112

Eliminating intragroup sales of inventory, unrealised profit in closing and opening inventory, intragroup transfers of property, plant and equipment realised through depreciation, intragroup services, dividends and borrowings, each with the AASB 112 tax effect.

W12

W12 · Accounting for Investment in Associate (AASB 128)

Loftus; AASB 128

Significant influence (typically a 20% to 50% holding) and the equity method: investment at cost, adjusted for the investor's share of post-acquisition profit and reduced by dividends received, distinguished from control and from passive investment.

How it's assessed

Assessment structure

ComponentWeightFormat & timing
Group and Individual Exercises30%Part A weekly written and group submissions (18%) plus Part B assessed in-class tutorial discussions (12%). Weekly across Weeks 2 to 12 (dates subject to change). No hurdle.
Written Assignment (Individual)30%Individual written assignment. Due in the assignment week (a precise S2 2026 date is not confirmed in the materials reviewed). No hurdle.
Final Examination40%Invigilated closed-book eExam with specifically permitted items (a calculator and five blank working sheets); 2 hours 10 minutes including reading time; marked out of 100. Formal exam period (date set via your my.monash personal timetable). No hurdle; the official exam brief states the exam has no hurdle requirement.
Group and Individual Exercises30%
Part A weekly written and group submissions (18%) plus Part B assessed in-class tutorial discussions (12%).
Written Assignment (Individual)30%
Individual written assignment.
Final Examination40%
Invigilated closed-book eExam with specifically permitted items (a calculator and five blank working sheets); 2 hours 10 minutes including reading time; marked out of 100.
  • Pass on a weighted average of at least 50%. The official exam brief states the exam has no hurdle requirement, and no single-component hurdle is stated in the unit materials reviewed.
  • Final exam (out of 100, 2 hours 10 minutes including reading time), two parts. Part 1 is multiple choice (20%): 10 questions at 2 marks each, with roughly half drawn from Weeks 7 and 12 and the rest from Weeks 3, 4 and 5. Part 2 is constructed response (80%): four short-to-long questions, each with parts, covering the statement of cash flows (Week 2, 10 marks), deferred tax (Week 6, 25 marks), business combinations (Week 9, 25 marks) and consolidation (Weeks 10 and 11, 20 marks). Coverage is Weeks 2 to 12 inclusive.
  • Calculator policy: Final exam is closed book with specifically permitted items only: a calculator and five blank working sheets. No notes or other materials are permitted, and generative AI use is not permitted in the final exam.
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This is a coursework unit. Coursework carries 60% of the grade and the final examination is the single heaviest piece at 40%, so steady work across the semester decides your result more than any one sitting. No hurdle; the official exam brief states the exam has no hurdle requirement.

Final exam timing: approx Nov 2026 (S2 2026 offering, confirm against the official Monash exam timetable via my.monash). Confirm the exact date and venue on the official exam timetable.

How to actually pass it

A weekly rhythm, two checklists, and the traps to avoid

The unit rewards consistency over cramming, and practice over re-reading. Here is the loop that works, then what to have nailed before each exam.

The weekly loop

Before the lecture
Read the relevant Loftus chapter for the week (for example chapter 13 for income tax or chapters 26 to 29 for the group-accounting block) so the recorded lecture confirms rather than introduces the standard.
During the lecture
Note the worked example for each standard by hand and capture the decision rule, not just the numbers (the order of allocation, which side of the entry the tax effect goes).
Before the tutorial
Attempt that week's Group and Individual Exercises by hand and self-mark; treat the assessed in-class discussion (Part B) as a chance to defend your working out loud.
End of each topic
Add the topic's procedure and its classification rules to a running one-page sheet, and re-run one worked example from a blank page to confirm you can reproduce it.

Before the mid-semester checklist

  • Master the statement of cash flows by T-account reconstruction (cash from customers, cash to suppliers, dividends paid, proceeds on sale of a non-current asset) since it is a guaranteed 10-mark exam stake.
  • Drill the impairment test (recoverable amount as the higher of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use) and the cash-generating-unit allocation order with the asset floor.
  • Practise the revaluation reversal rule both ways: an increase reversing a prior decrease goes to profit or loss first, a decrease reversing a prior increase goes to other comprehensive income first.
  • Run the current-tax worksheet end to end from accounting profit to taxable profit at 30%, keeping permanent and temporary differences straight.

Before the final heaviest topics

  • Prioritise the four Part 2 worked-answer machines: deferred tax (25 marks), business combinations (25 marks), consolidation (20 marks) and the statement of cash flows (10 marks).
  • Sit a full consolidation worksheet timed: acquisition analysis with goodwill or bargain purchase, the BCVR uplift with its DTL, the pre-acquisition elimination, then the intragroup inventory and non-current-asset eliminations with their tax effects.
  • Cover the multiple-choice topics deliberately: sustainability reporting (the four pillars and Scope 1, 2 and 3) and associates (significant influence and the equity method), because about half of Part 1 comes from Weeks 7 and 12.
  • Rehearse the deferred-tax worksheet on a fresh set of carrying-amount-versus-tax-base data, classifying each item and booking only the movement from the opening balances.
  • Practise business-combination consideration with the awkward parts included: deferred cash discounted to present value, share consideration at fair value, and acquisition-related costs expensed rather than capitalised.

The mistakes that cost marks

01

Netting the deferred tax asset and liability into one figure. AASB 112 keeps deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities classified separately. Only taxable temporary differences (asset carrying amount above tax base, or liability carrying amount below tax base) feed the deferred tax liability; deductible temporary differences feed the deferred tax asset. Adding them together gives the wrong DTL and the wrong DTA.

02

Forgetting the tax effect on consolidation adjustments. Every BCVR uplift and every unrealised-profit elimination carries a deferred tax line at 30%. Removing the unrealised profit in closing inventory without the matching Dr DTA / Cr ITE entry, or restating an asset on consolidation without the DTL, loses marks that the worked-answer machine was designed to award.

03

Using carrying amount where recoverable amount or fair value is required. Impairment compares carrying amount with recoverable amount (the higher of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use), and a cash-generating-unit loss writes goodwill to zero first, then pro-rata, never below an individual asset's floor. Skipping these steps produces the wrong loss and the wrong allocation.

04

Expensing nothing, or capitalising acquisition costs. In a business combination, acquisition-related costs (legal, advisory, valuation) are expensed, not added to consideration, and deferred cash consideration is discounted to present value before it enters the goodwill calculation. Getting either wrong cascades into the wrong goodwill or bargain-purchase figure.

Teaching team

Who teaches ACX2100

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Chief Examiner and lecturer

Shala Navissi

Chief Examiner for Financial Accounting (ACB2120, ACC2100 and ACF2100) at Monash University, Department of Accounting.

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Deeb Aqabani

Lecturer for the ACC2100 offering of Financial Accounting at Monash University.

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Mengjie Yang

Lecturer for Financial Accounting (ACB2120, ACC2100 and ACF2100) at Monash University.

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Robyn Dyt

Lecturer for the ACF2100 offering of Financial Accounting at Monash University.

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Shufan Rao

Lecturer for the ACF2100 offering of Financial Accounting at Monash University.

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Ya Liu

Lecturer for Financial Accounting (ACB2120, ACC2100 and ACF2100) at Monash University.

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Formula & concept sheet

The vocabulary and formulas you must own

Cash from customers (direct method)
Cash received from customers = Opening accounts receivable + Sales − Closing accounts receivable. Cash to suppliers = Opening accounts payable + Purchases − Closing accounts payable, where Purchases = Closing inventory + COGS − Opening inventory.
Proceeds on sale of a non-current asset
Carrying amount sold = Cost − Accumulated depreciation. Cash proceeds = Carrying amount + Gain on sale (or minus a Loss on sale). The proceeds are an investing inflow.
Impairment loss and recoverable amount
Impairment loss = Carrying amount − Recoverable amount, recognised only when carrying amount exceeds recoverable amount. Recoverable amount = the higher of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use.
CGU loss allocation
Allocate a cash-generating-unit impairment loss to goodwill first (writing it to zero), then pro-rata across the other assets by carrying amount. No individual asset is written below the highest of its fair value less costs of disposal, its value in use, or zero; any excess is reallocated.
Revaluation (AASB 116)
First-time increase goes to other comprehensive income and the asset revaluation surplus; first-time decrease goes to profit or loss. A later increase reversing a prior decrease goes to profit or loss to the extent of that prior loss, then to OCI; a later decrease reversing a prior increase goes to OCI to the extent of the surplus, then to profit or loss.
Current tax
Taxable profit = Accounting profit, plus non-deductible and accounting amounts, plus taxable cash amounts, minus tax-deductible amounts and accounting revenues taxed differently. Current tax liability = Taxable profit times the tax rate (30%).
Deferred tax classification
Compare carrying amount (CA) with tax base (TB). Asset CA above TB, or liability CA below TB, gives a taxable temporary difference and a deferred tax liability. Asset CA below TB, or liability CA above TB, gives a deductible temporary difference and a deferred tax asset. Closing DTL = total TTD times rate; closing DTA = total DTD times rate; book the movement from opening balances.
Goodwill on acquisition
Fair value of identifiable net assets (FVINA) = identifiable assets at fair value − liabilities at fair value. Goodwill = Consideration transferred − FVINA when positive; when negative it is a gain on bargain purchase recognised in profit or loss. Deferred cash consideration is discounted to present value; acquisition-related costs are expensed.
BCVR uplift on consolidation
On consolidation, restate a subsidiary asset from carrying amount to fair value with a tax effect: Dr Asset (FV − CA) / Cr Deferred tax liability (uplift times rate) / Cr Business combination valuation reserve (uplift times (1 − rate)).
Intragroup unrealised profit
Eliminate unrealised profit in closing inventory: Dr Sales / Cr COGS / Cr Inventory (profit on the unsold portion), with Dr DTA / Cr income tax expense for the tax effect. Intragroup non-current-asset gains are removed and then realised through the depreciation adjustment over the asset's remaining life.
Control and the equity method
Control (AASB 10) needs all three of power, exposure to variable returns, and the ability to use power to affect returns, and leads to consolidation. Significant influence (typically a 20% to 50% holding, AASB 128) leads to the equity method: investment at cost, increased by the share of post-acquisition profit and reduced by dividends received.

Common acronyms: AASB · ASIC · FRC · ASX · IFRS · IASB · CA · TB · TTD · DTD · DTL · DTA · ITE · FVINA · FVLCD · VIU · CGU · BCVR · OCI · COGS.

What students say

What students actually say about ACX2100

Recurring themes from student reviews, paraphrased in our own words.

On difficulty
  • Described as technical and cumulative for a second-year unit: most topics resolve into a journal-and-worksheet procedure that has to be rehearsed.
  • Manageable for students who keep up with the weekly exercises; harder for those who fall behind on the income-tax weeks, because deferred tax and consolidation build on them.
  • The group-accounting block (Weeks 9 to 12) is widely seen as the steepest part of the unit.
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How students revise
  • The unit follows the Loftus Financial Reporting textbook chapter by chapter, so students work the relevant chapter problems for each standard.
  • Students rehearse the four worked-answer machines (cash flows, deferred tax, business combinations and consolidation) under timed conditions before the exam, using the Quitch multiple-choice bank to drill the Part 1 topics.
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Before the exam
  • Demand for step-by-step worked walkthroughs of the deferred-tax worksheet and the full consolidation worksheet, the two largest exam stakes.
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Set texts

The prescribed reading

The syllabus references map straight onto these.

Primary (set text)

Financial Reporting

Loftus, Leo, Daniliuc, Luke, Ang, Bradbury, Hanlon, Bradbury, Boys and Byrnes.

Where it fits

Prerequisites, related units & why it matters

ACX2100 assumes the first-year financial accounting cycle (double entry, the trial balance and the basic financial statements) taught in ACC1100 Introduction to Financial Accounting or its equivalent. Check the current Monash handbook for the exact prerequisite and any prohibited campus-variant combinations (ACC2100, ACF2100 and ACB2120 are the same unit and cannot be taken together for credit).

Why it matters beyond the grade. ACX2100 is the standards foundation that later financial accounting, corporate reporting, group accounting and auditing units assume, and it is a core requirement on the CPA Australia and CA ANZ accreditation path. The journal-and-worksheet fluency it drills (cash flows, deferred tax, business combinations and consolidation) is exactly what graduate roles in financial reporting, external audit and corporate accounting use day to day.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is ACX2100 hard?

It is moderate to hard for a second-year unit. It is technical and cumulative rather than essay-based: most topics resolve into a repeatable journal-and-worksheet procedure, and roughly 80% of the final exam comes from four worked problems (deferred tax, business combinations, consolidation and the statement of cash flows). It is very manageable if you keep up with the weekly exercises and rehearse each procedure under timed conditions, but it punishes falling behind because later topics build on earlier ones.

How is ACX2100 assessed?

Three components with no hurdle on any of them: Group and Individual Exercises worth 30% (an 18% weekly written and group part plus a 12% assessed in-class discussion part) across Weeks 2 to 12, an individual written assignment worth 30%, and a final examination worth 40%. You pass on a weighted average of at least 50%, and the official exam brief states the exam has no hurdle requirement.

What is the final exam format?

An invigilated closed-book eExam of 2 hours 10 minutes including reading time, marked out of 100, with only a calculator and five blank working sheets permitted. Part 1 is 10 multiple-choice questions at 2 marks each (20%), and Part 2 is four constructed-response questions (80%) covering the statement of cash flows (10 marks), deferred tax (25 marks), business combinations (25 marks) and consolidation (20 marks). It covers Weeks 2 to 12 inclusive, and generative AI is not permitted.

Which topics carry the most marks in the exam?

Four worked-answer topics dominate Part 2: deferred tax and business combinations are 25 marks each, consolidation (general principles and intragroup transactions combined) is 20 marks, and the statement of cash flows is 10 marks. About half of the Part 1 multiple-choice questions come from Weeks 7 (sustainability) and 12 (associates), with the rest from Weeks 3, 4 and 5, so do not skip those for the multiple-choice marks.

Is ACX2100 the same as ACC2100, ACF2100 and ACB2120?

Yes. ACC2100, ACF2100 and ACB2120 are the same Financial Accounting unit taught on different Monash campuses, so they cannot be taken together for credit. The standards, structure and exam blueprint are the same; confirm your campus code in the current Monash handbook.

What textbook does ACX2100 use?

The set text is Loftus, Leo, Daniliuc, Luke, Ang, Bradbury, Hanlon, Boys and Byrnes, Financial Reporting, 5th edition (Wiley). The unit follows the relevant chapters week by week (for example chapter 18 for the statement of cash flows, chapter 13 for income tax, and chapters 26 to 29 for business combinations and consolidation), supported by recorded lectures and face-to-face tutorials.

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