Corporate and Financial Accounting

This study material provides an analysis of the equity and liability sections of BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, including the sources of finance used by the organizations. It also discusses the compliance and reporting requirements for small proprietary companies, large proprietary companies, and reporting entities.

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Abstract:
The assessment directly helps in understanding the overall equity and liability
section of BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd for a period of 3 years. The
relevant reporting requirements adequately analyzed for each type of companies to
detect its impact on their ability to present their financial strength. The analysis has
relatively helped in identifying the overall sources of finance that is used by both the
organizations in their annual report. In addition, adequate information has been
conducted on the types of equity components and liability components that are used
by the organization in their annual report. The process has helped in understanding
the actual performance of both the organization during the period of 2017 to 2019.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:..................................................................................................................3
Part A:...........................................................................................................................3
i) Explaining about the each item recorded under the owner equity section:..............3
ii) Explaining about the movement in each item recorded under the owner equity
section:..........................................................................................................................3
iii) Explaining the understanding of each items recorded under the liability section:...4
iv) Explaining about the movement in each item recorded under the liability section: 5
v) Explaining the relative advantages or disadvantages of each sources of fund each
selected by the organization:........................................................................................6
Part B:...........................................................................................................................7
Analyzing the implications of being classified as the three types of companies in
terms of compliance and reporting requirements:........................................................7
Conclusion:...................................................................................................................7
References and Bibliography:......................................................................................9

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Introduction:
The analysis selectively helps in evaluating the latest annual reports of the
organization for a period of 3 years to identify the relevant changes in its owners’
equity and liabilities section. The advantages and disadvantages from the relevant
sources of funds that are used by the companies are also evaluated to help in
detecting current capital structure whether it is sufficient for the organization. In
addition, the analysis continues with the detection of the relevant implication that is
faced by small proprietary company, large proprietary company and reporting entity
while preparing their financial report.
Part A:
i) Explaining about the each item recorded under the owner equity section:
The analyses of the items recorded under the owner’s equity section are
depicted as follows.
Contributed equity: Contribution equity is the overall issue capital that is acquired
by the organization after selling its shares in the capital market. The contributed
equity relatively comprises of all the shares that is valued at issue price and listed in
the capital market.
Reserves: Reserves are the overall savings that is conducted by the organization
over the period of time for a specific requirement. Reserves are the credit balance
that is referred to the part of shareholders equity and is considered a liability ( Vogel
2014).
Treasury shares: Treasury stocks are relatively considered a contract entry item,
which reflects the difference between the number of shares issued and the number
of shares outstanding for an organization. Therefore, when an organization holds the
treasury stock a debit balance in the general ledger account, which accounts for the
treasure stock.
Retained earnings: Retained earnings are the overall savings that is conducted by
the organization after declaring dividend to the shareholders. Retained earnings are
maintained by the organization to effectively reduce the negative impact of
unforeseen circumstances and support future projects (Williams and Dobelman
2017).
Non-controlling interest: Non-controlling interest are also known as the minority
interest where the ownership position is less than 50% of the outstanding shares
while shareholders does not have any kind of control over the decisions made by the
management.
ii) Explaining about the movement in each item recorded under the owner
equity section:
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd:
The above table directly helps in detecting the changes in equity condition of
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd from 2017 to 2019. The changes in the values of equity
have been detected in the contributed equity capital, reserves, retained earnings and
non-controlling interest of the organization. The difference in non-controlling interest

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and reserves are relatively negligible, as the overall values differed from 1 million to
7 million Australian dollars (Fmgl.com.au 2019). However, the contributed equity and
the retained earnings of the organization portrayed the significant changes in the
values of the equity. The values of contributed equity relatively declined by more
than 100 million while the retained earnings increased by more than 1,000 million
Australian dollars.
BHP Billiton Ltd:
The analysis of the equity section of BHP Billiton has relatively helped in
detecting the major changes that has been conducted over a period of 3 years. The
treasury shares, reserves, retained earnings, non-controlling interest and share
capital from BHP group limited directly influences the difference in the equity section.
The calculations has directly indicated that a minor change in the share capital of
BHP group limited has been conducted, where the values decline over a period of 3
years. However, the values of the treasury shares declined from 3 million to 32
million in 2019, which was further supported by the deterioration in reserves of 115
million and retained earnings by 9,799 million. The further analysis has portrayed
that a decline of 884 million in non-controlling interest of BHP Billiton has also
resulted in the decline of its total equity from 62,726 million to 51,824 million
(Bhp.com 2019).
iii) Explaining the understanding of each items recorded under the liability
section:
The analyses of the items recorded under the liability section are depicted as
follows.
Trade and other payables: Trade payables are the overall credits that are achieved
by the organization after receiving the goods or services from the suppliers. The
payables amount needs to be paid by the organization within a specified period to
maintain its credibility within the suppliers (Lee, Sameen and Cowling 2015).
Deferred income: Deferred income is considered the overall amount of money that
has been received for the goods or services, which has not yet been delivered to the
customers.
Borrowings and finance lease liabilities: The overall borrowings that are
conducted by the organization inform of debt is relatively listed in the liability section,
which is essential for securing the required level of capital to conduct operations and
fuel future growth prospects.
Provisions: Provisions are considered to be the overall amount, which is kept aside
for future liabilities that could directly have a negative impact on the capital of the
organization. The measures in listed in the current liability section of the balance
sheet to accommodate the short term mishaps in the operations.
Current tax payable: The current tax payable amount is over all dues that need to
be paid by the organization for the overall profit obtained from operations. The tax

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liability is relatively calculated by detecting the overall transactions that has been
conducted by the company over the period of time (Carley and Spapens 2017).
Deferred tax liabilities: Deferred tax liability is an income that is an income from a
temporary difference between the book expense and the tax deduction that is
recorded in the balance sheet. Deferred tax liability can be considered and income
from the tax obligations of the organization, which will be paid in future accounting
period.
iv) Explaining about the movement in each item recorded under the liability
section:
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd:
The calculations in the above table directly provide information about the
overall changes in the liability conditions of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd from 2017 to
2019. The analysis has directly indicated that major changes have been detected in
both current and non-current liabilities of the organization. There are major changes
detected in the current liability section trade and other payable increased from 708
million to 986 million in 2019, which was supported by the increment in the deferred
income from 461 million to 486 million (Fmgl.com.au 2019). However, drastic change
has been seen from the deferred joint venture contribution, which was initiated only
in 2019 and amounted to 118 million. The values of current liabilities declined from
2,202 in 2017 to 1,239 in 2018 and then increased to 2,646 in 2019. On the other
hand, the values of the non-current liabilities mainly declined from 7,179 in 2017 to
6,447 in 2019.
BHP Billiton Ltd:

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The liability section of BHP Billiton has indicated a change in its overall total
liabilities from 54,280 to 49,037 million in 2019. This decline in value was relatively
supported by the overall reduction in its non-current liabilities. On the contrary, the
current liabilities of the company increased from the levels of 11,366 to 12,339
million in 2019 (Bhp.com 2019). The current liability of the organization increased
due to the incremental in provisions, interest bearing liabilities and trade payables.
However, the current liabilities of the company increased significantly in 2018 while it
again declined in 2019. In the non-current liabilities section long term interest bearing
loans declined with the other financial liabilities, which influenced the decline in the
non-current liabilities and also reflected on the total liabilities of the company.
v) Explaining the relative advantages or disadvantages of each sources of
fund each selected by the organization:
Share:
Issuing shares is one of the major sources of fund that is used by the
organization to collect the adequate amount of capital for securing their operations
and fueling future growth. However, the major limitation of such source of funds is
the share price values of the organization, where higher the number of shares
floated in the capital market will directly result in a decline in its overall value, which
will directly hamper its market capitalization (Khan 2015).
Debt:
Debt is considered to be one of the major sources of fund that is used by the
organization when share issue is not an option. Debt is one of the easiest ways to
get adequate capital to support its operations and fuel both working capital and
future investments. However, one of the major limitations is its capability to increase
the chances of the organization to become insolvent, which could lead to bankruptcy.
Preference shares:
The major advantage of preference shares is its capability to have no legal
obligation for dividend payment, improve borrowing capacity, reduces the dilution in
control and has no charge on assets. However, the major disadvantages are the
highly costly source of finance, and preference in claims by the investors who are
issued the shares (Caglayan and Demir 2014).

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Debentures:
Debentures is mainly used by the organization when the capital requirement
is essential, as it helps in gathering the required capital in form of unsecured loan
certificate issued from the company. Debentures are considered a long term security
fixed interest rate for the investor, as the company has to comply even if adequate
profits are not made during the financial year.
Part B:
Analyzing the implications of being classified as the three types of companies
in terms of compliance and reporting requirements:
The implication on the three types of companies is depicted as follows.
Small proprietary company:
There are compliance and reporting requirements for small proprietary
companies in Australia where the management needs to obey with the following
requirements.
 The company needs to prepare a financial report, which is in accordance with the
Corporation Act 2001. Thus, maintaining detailed accounts for minimizing the
occurrence of manipulations and unethical activities in the operations of the
organization (Asic.gov.au 2019).
 The adequate auditing need to be conducted if the ASIC requests under the
Corporation Act to detect the financial condition of the organization. The
preparation of the financial report is essential, as it is required for providing
details regarding the transactions that were conducted in previous financial years.
Large proprietary company:
The compliance and reporting requirements for large proprietary companies
are depicted as follows.
 The organization needs to have a consolidated revenue of more than 50 million
dollars for the financial year of the company.
 Value of the consolidated gross assets for the end of the financial year needs to
be more than 25 million dollars.
 Furthermore, the number of employees that is maintained by the organization
needs to be more than 100 (Asic.gov.au 2019).
 The large proprietor companies must prepare and lodge financial report with the
director’s report in each financial year, where the account needs to be audited on
each year unless the ASIC grants relief for the company (Asic.gov.au 2019).
Reporting entity:
The compliance and reporting requirements for reporting entity are depicted
as follows.
 The disclosing entity need to follow all the relevant sections of Corporation Act
2001 while preparing both the annual financial reports and half-yearly financial
reports (Asic.gov.au 2019).
 The annual report needs to be prepared in accordance with chapter 2M of the
Corporation Act, while it needs to be audited and lodged with ASIC within 3
months of the financial year end and send to the members by the fourth month.
 The half-yearly reports needs to be prepared and lodged within 75 days of the
half year end by the company and is subject to audit order as per the
requirements of ASIC (Asic.gov.au 2019).
Conclusion:
The assessment helps in determining the overall items that were recorded in
liability and equity section of the companies and the relevant changes that has been
conducted over a period of 3 years. The further examination has been conducted on

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the advantages and disadvantages of the sources of finance used by the
organization, which tends to be essential while selecting an appropriate source of
capital. Furthermore, implications on each type of companies is also depicted for
supporting their reporting requirements as it helps the organization to put read the
financial condition in the annual report.

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