Investments in Subsidiaries and Associates Flashcards
Double entry for one company purchasing shares in another
DR Investment in XX
CR Cash
Other form of consideration used to buy shares in another firm (apart from cash)
Share issue
What is a group
If one company owns more than 50% of the ordinary shares of another. Has enough voting power to appoint all directors of second company.
Definition of parent (IFRS 10 - Consolidated financial statements)
An entity that controls one or more entities
Definition of subsidiary (IFRS 10 - Consolidated financial statements)
An entity that is controlled by another entity (parent)
If investment in shares is enough to give influence over the investee company…
In addition to preparing individual company accounts, investor company must prepare group accounts also (consolidated financial statements)
Control =
Sole basis for consolidation
Control comprises three elements:
- Power over investee
- Exposure or rights to variable returns from involvement with investee
- Ability to use power over investee to affect amount investor’s returns
Circumstances to consider whether control over investee has been gained or lost (4)
- Exercise of majority of voting rights in an investee
- Contractual arrangements between investor and other parties
- Holding less than 50%, but with remainder held by numerically large, dispersed and unconnected group
- Potential voting rights (eg share options/ convertible loans) may result in investor gaining/ losing control at some specific date
Exemptions from preparing financial statements (4)
- Parent itself is wholly owned subsidiary, and all owners do not object to not preparing financial statements
- Parent’s debt/ equity instruments not traded in public market
- Parent did not file financial statements with securities commission/ other regulatory organisation
- Ultimate/ immediate parent produces consolidated financial statements available for public use that comply with IFRS.
IFRS stands for
International Financial Reporting Standards
Key principle of underlying group accounts
Need to reflect economic substance of relationship
Acquisition method
Parent includes all assets of subsidiary in consolidated balance sheet, and all revenues and expenses on consolidated revenue and expenses
Single entity concept
Business combinations consolidate the results and net assets of group members so as to display group’s affairs as a single economic entity
Purchased goodwill
Difference between purchase consideration and the fair value of identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities
Goodwill recognised at
Cost on date acquisition as intangible non-current asset
Goodwill reviewed
Annually for impairment
Negative goodwill arises when
Purchase consideration less than fair value of net assets acquired
Negative goodwill treatment
CR Income statement