University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions: Advanced Topics

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions: Advanced Topics

This course is part of Mergers and Acquisitions Specialization

Oktay Urcan

Instructor: Oktay Urcan

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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8 hours to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

26 reviews

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

8 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Account for and interpret economic events and transactions related to special types of divestitures including spinoffs and equity carveouts.

  • Account for and interpret economic events and transactions related to corporate reorganizations such as leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations.

  • Account for and interpret economic events and transactions related to tax issues in inter-corporate investments.

  • Account for and interpret economic events and transactions related t financial statements analysis with inter-corporate investments.

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There are 4 modules in this course

In this module, you will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course. We will then cover how acquirer firms may divest their investments in other firms in some exotic ways. In this module, you will explore two notable special divestitures: spinoffs and equity carveouts.

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Acquirer firms may obtain the control of target firms in some exotic ways. In this module, you will explore two notable corporate reorganizations: leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and recapitalizations (RECAPs).

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3 videos2 readings3 assignments

Inter-corporate investments can result in special tax issues for target shareholders and target firms. In this module, you will explore taxable versus tax-free transactions, step-ups versus carryovers, deferred taxes, and miscellaneous acquisition-related tax issues including loss trafficking and goodwill taxation.

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5 videos2 readings4 assignments

Financial statement analysis (FSA) builds models to evaluate past position and predict future performance of a firm using financial statements. In this module, you will explore FSA in the presence of inter-corporate investments and calculation of organic versus acquired growth.

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3 videos2 readings3 assignments

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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹

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