Dear All,
My question is that, in a situation of merger or business combination, where the structure is such that a new company A is formed to take over the businesses of B and C.
The question is whether IFRS 3 Business Combinations is applicable in this case as practically the entire IFRS 3 is based on an Acquirer and an Acquiree which are not present in this structure.
Thanks
Zuhar

Hello,

I am an Austrian student and I would like to write about consolidation. More specifically I am going to write a comparison between full consolidated corporations and consolidation at equity. As far as I know, equity consolidation exists as term in german, but not in English. In English it is referred to as elimination of balances according to IAS 27 debt consolidation. IFRS 3 – Business Combinations is going to be relevant for me as well.

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Dear all,
I need clarification with regard to how to treat an intra group trading b/n parent and subsidiaries group accounts during preparation of consolidated statement of financial position as well as income statement. I always confuse and need a clear guideline on how to treat it.
For instance
the subsidiary sold to the parent in the post acquisition period for an amount of $8million. The subsidiary made a mark up on cost of 40% on the sales. The Parent sold $5.2 million(at cost to the parent) of these goods. How should I …

Dear Experts,
Do we need to pass an entry for share of loss / profit in joint venture in the books of subsidiary stand alone books FS and also the same in the books of parent company stand alone books.
or to be considered only for out of books consolidation purposes.

In case of newly established subsidiary, which have not stared his commercial activities and in construction phase, is it require to consolidate it or we can show it on cost. Plz tell me What will be the right treatement

Dear all,
I have a question in relation to acquisition accounting in accordance with
IFRS3. In this case a parent company A acquires all the shares in
subsidiary company B for (say) 50M. This cost price represents a goodwill
over the fair value of the assets and libailities assumed of 15M. Where
should I record the 15M goodwill? Is this in the subsidiary company B or
in parent company A?

Based on IAS21, p. 47, I would say in the sub.
All the best, Farah

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Suppose Entity A acquires Entity B in a business combination and all the considerations have been completed by 31 December 2007 except that government approval which was still pending as at year end. Should entity A consolidate Entity B as at 31 December 2007?

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Nyasha

I believe the answer lies in the issue of control. If the acquirer still does not have control, i.e. voting rights, directorship, active management, no consolidation should be done until Control is obtained. In the meantime, the Acquirer can book in the investments in subs as …

Dear All,
one of our Client has purchased a 100 % interest in a Subsidiarywhich is loss Making…
 
He has passed the following entry in their own books
 
Goodwill DR                120,000
Investment CR                          20,000       (Equity of subsidiary)
Payable to subsidiary              100,000        (purchase price)
 
My question is can Investment AC be -VE at initiation. and as far as i remember the initial recognition of an asset should be at its cost.and my plea to the Client is that the entry should be
 
Investment DR 100,000
                 Payable           100,000
and goodwill be shown in Consolidated ACs.
 
Kindly comment….and correct me if i am wrong.
 
Regards
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