Consolidation procedures

Other accounting considerations and practical examples

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When an investor has assessed that it has control over an investee, the investor is required to prepare consolidated financial statements. These are financial statements of a group in which assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows of the investor (parent) and investee (subsidiary) are presented as those of a single economic entity.

Requirements of IFRS 10 consolidated financial statements and ASC 810 consolidation

In order to present financial information of a group as that of a single entity, investor must:

  • Combine like items of assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses, and cash flows of the parent with those of its subsidiaries,
  • Offset (eliminate) the carrying amount of the parent’s investment in each subsidiary as recognised in the statement of financial position and the parent’s portion of equity of each subsidiary,
  • Eliminate all intragroup assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows and any unrealised gains/losses arising from transactions between group entities,
  • Attribute net income or loss and other comprehensive income or loss to any non-controlling interests, presenting it separately from the equity of the owners of the parent,
  • Use the same accounting periods for parent and subsidiary
  • Use uniform accounting principles for parent and subsidiary,
  • Under the IFRS use uniform accounting policies for parent and subsidiary, whereas under the US GAAP policies can differ,
  • In the case of foreign subsidiaries with different functional currencies of that of the presentation currency of the group, the results and financial position of each such subsidiary is translated into the presentation currency of the consolidated financial statements.

Combine like items

An entity includes the income and expenses of a subsidiary in the consolidated financial statements from the date it obtains control over the subsidiary until the date when the entity ceases to control the subsidiary. Income and expenses of the subsidiary are based on the amounts of the assets and liabilities recognised in the consolidated financial statements at the acquisition date.

For example, depreciation expense recognised in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income after the acquisition date is based on the fair values of the related depreciable assets recognised in the consolidated financial statements at the acquisition date and not based on the pre-acquisition carrying amounts recognised in the financial statements of the subsidiary.

Offset (eliminate) the carrying amount of parent’s invetment and parent’s portion of equity of subsidiary

This point refers to the elimination of the parent’s investment and the parent’s share of equity. The equity in a subsidiary that is not directly or indirectly attributable to the parent, represents a non-controlling interest.

Illustrative example - Combine like items and offset parent’s investment with its share in subsidiary’s equity

Parent Co A acquired 100% of the shares of Subsidiary Co B on 31 December 2022 for 250 000 EUR. Fair value of net assets of Subsidiary Co B as at date of acquisition was 200 000 EUR. Tax effects are ignored. At acquisition date the following elimination entry is recorded to offset the investment made into Subsidiary Co B, as recognised in the statement of financial position of Parent Co A, with Parent Co A's holding in the equity of Subsidiary Co B:

31.12.2022 Parent Co A Subsidiary Co B Corrections Eliminations Consolidated
Cash 35 000 5 00040 000
Investment in subsidiary B 250 000 0-250 000 0
Non-Current Assets 1 0 145 000 50 000195 000
Goodwill 2 0 050 000
Total Assets 285 000 150 000285 000
Equity 285 000 150 000-150 000 285 000
Total Equity and Liabilities 285 000 150 000285 000

Eliminate all intragroup transactions and balances

All intragroup assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses, and cash flows relating to transactions between entities of the group shall be eliminated upon preparing consolidated financial statements. Profits or losses resulting from intragroup transactions that are recognised in assets, e.g. as inventory or fixed assets, must also be eliminated.

Non-controlling interest (NCI)

If the subsidiary is not wholly owned by the parent, then upon consolidation the profit or loss and each component of other comprehensive income of the subsidiary, and the equity of the subsidiary, are attributed to the parent and the non-controlling interest, usually solely based on the existing ownership interest of both. This means that any effect from potential voting rights which are currently exercisable, would not be taken into account when determining the parent’s and non-controlling interest’s share in preparing the consolidated financial statements.

NCI-s in subsidiaries are presented, in aggregate, within equity, separately from the equity of the owners of the parent.

Illustrative example - Eliminate intragroup transactions and balances and account for NCI

Parent Co A acquired 80% of the shares of Subsidiary Co B on 1 January 2022. Please refer to the Purchase price allocation (PPA) below. Any tax effects are ignored in this example.

PPA 1 January 2022
EUR Carrying amount Adjustments Fair value
Cash 2 0002 000
Trade receivables 3 0003 000
Inventory 4 000 1 000 5 000
Property, plant and equipment 3 20 000 5 000 25 000
Total Assets (A) 29 000 6 000 35 000
Trade payables 3 0003 000
Non-current liabilities 15 00015 000
Total Liabilities (B) 18 00018 000
Net Assets (C=A+B) 11 00017 000
Non-controlling interest (C*20%)-3 400
Goodwill (20 000 - C*80%)6 400
Purchase price20 000

During the year:

  1. All the inventories revalued at acquisition date were sold.
  2. Subsidiary Co B sold goods at the cost of 2 500 EUR to the Parent Co A for 3 000 EUR. Half of these goods were unsold by the Parent Co A as at 31 December 2022.
  3. As at 31 December 2022, Parent Co A still owed 2 000 EUR to the Subsidiary Co B for the goods sold.

Below are the Group’s Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as at 31 December 2022 and Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year then ended:

SOFP/BS As at 31 December 2022
EUR Parent Co A Subsidiary Co B Eliminations Consolidated
1. Investment made 2. Additional depreciation from FV adjustment 3. Inventories revalued are sold 4. Inter-group sale of goods 5. Elimination of unrealized gains 6. NCI of 2022 result
Cash 4 500 2 0006 500
Trade receivables 7 500 3 50011 000
Trade receivables from parent entity 0 2 000-2 0000
Inventory 8 000 4 500 1 000-1 000-25012 250
Investment in subsidiary 20 000 0 -20 0000
Property, plant and equipment 3 25 000 18 000 5 000 -50047 500
Goodwill6 4006 400
Total Assets 65 000 30 000 -7 600 -500 -1 000 -2 000 -250 0 83 650
 
Trade payables 7 500 3 00010 500
Trade payables to subsidiary 2 000 0-2 0000
Non-current liabilities 25 000 10 00035 000
Total Liabilities 34 500 13 000 0 0 0 -2 000 0 0 45 500
 
Share capital 6 000 2 000 -2 0006 000
Reserves 600 200 -200600
Retained earnings 14 400 8 800 -8 80014 400
Profit/-loss for the year 9 500 6 000 0 -400 -800 0 -200 -1 200 12 900
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 30 500 17 000 -11 000 -400 -800 0 -200 -1 200 33 900
Non-controlling interest3 400 -100 -200 0 -50 1 200 4 250
Total Equity 30 500 17 000 -7 600 -500 -1 000 0 -250 0 38 150
Total Liabilities and Equity 65 000 30 000 -7 600 -500 -1 000 -2 000 -250 0 83 650
 
SOCI/PL For the year ended 31 December 2022 Consolidated
Revenue 300 000 150 000-3 000447 000
Cost of goods sold -240 000 -120 000-500 -1 000 3 000 -250-358 750
 
Administrative expenses -43 000 -20 000-63 000
Other operating expenses -6 000 -3 000-9 000
 
Operating profit / -loss 11 000 7 000 0 -500 -1 000 0 -250 0 16 250
 
Finance cost -1 500 -1 000-2 500
 
Profit / -loss for the year 9 500 6 000 0 -500 -1 000 0 -250 0 13 750
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent 9 500 6 000-400 -800 0 -200 -1 200 12 900
Non-controlling interests-100 -200 0 -50 1 200 850

Using the same accounting periods

The financial statements of the parent and the subsidiary that are used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements of the group shall have the same reporting date. When the end of the reporting period of the parent is different from that of a subsidiary, the subsidiary should prepare for consolidation purposes, additional financial information as of the same date as the financial statements of the parent to enable the parent to consolidate the financial information of the subsidiary, unless it is impracticable to do so.

If it is impracticable for the subsidiary to prepare such additional financial information, then the parent consolidates the financial information of the subsidiary using the most recent financial statements of the subsidiary but makes adjustments for the effect of significant transactions or events that took place between the date of the subsidiary’s most recent financial statements and the date of the consolidated financial statements. The difference between these two dates must not be more than three months.

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Footnotes

  1. As given in the fact pattern above, the fair value of net assets at the date of acquisition was 200 000 EUR. Thus, a difference of 50 000 EUR arises between the fair value and carrying amounts of net assets of the subsidiary (fair value of 200 000 EUR less carrying amount of 150 000 EUR, as shown on the statement of financial position of Subsidiary Co B). In this example, that difference is, upon consolidation, allocated to the non-current assets. ↩

  2. Goodwill is calculated as:

    investment made by the parent−fair value of net assets (given)goodwill arising at acquisition=250 000−200 00050 000\begin{aligned} &&\text{investment made by the parent} \\ -&&\text{fair value of net assets (given)} \\ \hline &&\text{goodwill arising at acquisition} \end{aligned} = \begin{aligned} &&250~000 \\ -&&200~000 \\ \hline &&50~000 \end{aligned}
    ↩

  3. Remaining useful life of PPE is 10 years ↩ ↩2

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