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Accounting of non-governmental non-profit organizations

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Course Unit Code117-0037/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KRY50Ing. Šárka Kryšková, Ph.D.
Summary
The aim of the course is to familiarise students with legal regulations, specifics of accounting and taxation of associations, political parties and movements, Public Benefit Companies, institutes, foundations and endowment funds, churches and religious societies, public universities, Flat Unit Owners Communities and other legal persons whose major activity is not business.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1. To characterize the accounting entities governed by Decree No. 504/2002 Coll.
2. To orientate in non-profit oganization legislation.
3. To define the differences in accounting according to individual accounting classes.
4. To understand the differences in taxation of non-profit organizations.
Course Contents
Framework syllabus of lectures:
1. Categorization of on-profit organizations.
2. Characteristics and legal regulation of particular types of non-governmental non-profit organizations.
3. Accounting Act, Decrees and mandatory chart of accounts.
4. Czech Accounting Standards for accounting entities whose major activity is not business.
5. Accounting according to individual accounting classes: fixed assets, inventories and financial assets, clearing relationships, expenses and revenues, assets and funds, determination of profit or loss, opening and closing of accounting books.
6. Closure of the accounts.
7. Annual accounts - financial statements and annual report.
8. Tax issues (specifics of taxation, determination of profit or loss and income tax base).
9. Continuous accounting example.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
ZIETLOW, John. Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Policies and Practices. 3rd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2018. 768 p. ISBN 978-1119382560.
KRYŠKOVÁ, Šárka. Nestátní neziskové organizace – právní úprava, účetnictví, audit, daně. 2. vyd. Praha: Leges, 2022. 304 s. ISBN 978-80-7502-610-1.
PELIKÁNOVÁ, Anna. Účetnictví, daně a financování pro nestátní neziskovky. 3. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2018. 336 s. ISBN 978-80-271-2117-5.
ZIETLOW, John. Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Policies and Practices. 3rd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2018. 768 p. ISBN 978-1119382560.
Recommended Reading:
DROPKIN Murray and James HALPIN. Bookkeeping for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide to Nonprofits Accounting. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. 264 p. ISBN 9781118429709.
DOBROZEMSKÝ, Václav a Jan STEJSKAL. Nevýdělečné organizace v praxi. 2. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017. 304 s. ISBN 978-80-7552-476-8.
DROPKIN Murray and James HALPIN. Bookkeeping for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide to Nonprofits Accounting. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. 264 p. ISBN 9781118429709.
HAKALOVÁ, Jana, Yvetta PŠENKOVÁ a Šárka KRYŠKOVÁ. Daňová evidence podnikatelů a jednoduché účetnictví neziskových subjektů. 3. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluver ČR. 2021. 176 s. ISBN 978-80-7676-024-0.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
CreditCredit85 (85)85
        Zápočtová písemkaWritten test85 85