How a parent accounts for investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures in separate financial statements using cost, IFRS 9 or the equity method.
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Mastering the art of consolidated financial statements
- How to account for a business combination under common control using the acquisition method or pooling of interests, with criteria for assessing its substance and worked examples.
- How to account for a step acquisition when an investor already holds an interest in an investee, including goodwill, measurement-period adjustments and cash-flow presentation.
- How to identify a business, apply the acquisition method under IFRS 3 and ASC 805, measure acquired items and calculate goodwill or a bargain purchase gain.
- How to prepare a consolidated statement of cash flows under IFRS or US GAAP, eliminate intragroup cash flows and handle foreign-currency effects.
- How to align subsidiaries with the group’s IFRS or US GAAP accounting policies, including consolidation adjustments and their deferred-tax effects.
- How to translate a foreign subsidiary’s financial statements into the group presentation currency under IAS 21 and ASC 830, including equity, intragroup balances and disposals.
- A practical guide to preparing consolidated financial statements under IFRS 10 and ASC 810, including combination, eliminations, NCI and reporting-period alignment.
- How to distinguish subsidiaries, joint arrangements and associates by assessing power, returns and control under IFRS 10 and the US GAAP consolidation model.