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Muteeb can you please tell what was the issue with your report that they passed you after reviewing it? May be that would help me too.
hi trephena my company restated its 2013 reports by 34m increase in profits due to new amendments made in IAS 19 employee benefits. So should i write these restated amounts in appendix or take it from 2013 annual statement? Do i have to state in my report that 2013 figures are re-stated?
Also in 2014, company’s issued annual report is divided into 2 parts with respect to page numbers i.e. 1st part start from page 1 to page 80 and 2nd part starts with page 1 and ends at 107 ( financial statements and notes to financial statements are in 2nd part). So what page numbers should i write while giving references?
if we don’t use latest financial statements would the examiners fail me?? As i am using 2010-2013 financial statements and 2014 statements are available now but for that i have to change major portions of my analysis and i don’t have much time for that to do. Also in my first attempt i used 2009-2012 statements and at that time 2013 statement was available but examiner didn’t said a word about that and praised my analysis.
Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate that. Now its clear what i have to do in my next submission. Once again thanks for all the help.
in order to understand clearly i am giving an example of what i understand from your point.
this is the extract from a newspaper.
“Financial charges went down 76% to Rs19 million as the cement producer is consistently loading off short-term and long-term debts from its balance sheet.”this is my analysis of the above extract
Another reason of higher net profit is the regular repayment of short and long term debt which resulted in very low finance charges this year.
Now is this correct or still count as i copied the material from outside source?Thanks for the prompt reply trephena. But i am very confused on how to evaluate the financial statements without using external information. for example i am doing analysis on net profit margin of a company, now i have to give reason for lower or higher NP margin and i got to know from the newspaper that due to lower fuel prices NP margin increased. Now if i write this in my own words and didn’t give reference, would not be this come under plagiarism?
I hope you understand my question but If you want i can share one of the ratio analysis with you to better explain my question.Hi adrian
I have failed my Research Report 2 times in
Presentation of Project Findings, Communication and Information gathering and Referencing
because of external data i used directly in my report to describe the models SWOT, PEST and Ratio Analysis i used in my project on topic 8 . this is the last submission examiner’s comments:“Despite detailed advice from the examiner following your previous submission, you still appear to have copied substantially from other sources which you have referenced. The text in the analysis section of your report in this submission is virtually identical to your previous submission except for a few cosmetic changes to wording and changes in respect of the new financial year introduced (2013). In your next and final submission you need to re-write substantial portions of the project. You need to generate your own ideas based upon your research and then use your own wording to produce the report.
As has been pointed out by both markers and the previous moderator: extracting and reproducing words straight from books is unacceptable practice and it does not provide evidence that you are capable of using and thinking about information for yourself. You have done a good report here and this is its only weakness. Please use the information from your sources selectively, and where you do make direct citations they should be as brief and infrequent as possible and enclosed in quotation marks “like this” (as well as referenced). Above all show that you have considered the appropriateness of what you are writing by demonstrating that you have applied some thought to it, rather than just copying and pasting other people’s work into your report as a matter of routine. Use paraphrasing occasionally if necessary but apply some of your own critical thought in its application.”
Can you please explain me and help me how can i correct my mistake and make my report passable in next and final submission? Thanks for your time.
@ Anna–OBU mentor
Hi Anna,
I failed in RR and now i have to submit the resubmission statement but don’t have any idea on how to write it. Can you please provide any samples for that?
Looking forward to hear from you.
@cardine said:
You need to look at the paper carefully, it is detailed tested on major IAS/IFRS. You did not attempt the other questions – 1,3 or 4. The questions you must tell the examiner what you know by answering the questions – telling him what to do in each situation.
We should know by now that the paper is what you know about presenting publish accounts correctly according to standards.i didnt attempt Q2 but i m saying where was ifrs9,ias19 nd ifrs2?? i think these are the major ias which examiner stresses a lot as we can find many exam focus points in books regarding their importance. and comparing this paper with past ones this paper contains more theory than calculation.