General questions Under GAAP, a parent company should exclude a subsidiary from consolidation if: It measures income from the subsidiary under the equity method The subsidiary is in a regulated industry The subsidiary is a foreign entity whose books are recorded in a foreign currency The parent does not have control of the subsidiary The FASB’s primary motivation for requiring consolidation of all majority-owned subsidiaries was to: Ensure disclosure of all loss contingencies Prevent the use of off–balance sheet financing Improve comparability of the statements of cash flows Establish criteria for exclusion of finance and insurance subsidiaries from consolidation

General questions Under GAAP, a parent company should exclude a subsidiary from consolidation if: It measures income from the subsidiary under the equity method The subsidiary is in a regulated industry The subsidiary is a foreign entity whose books are recorded in a foreign currency The parent does not have control of the subsidiary The FASB’s primary motivation for requiring consolidation of all majority-owned subsidiaries was to: Ensure disclosure of all loss contingencies Prevent the use of off–balance sheet financing Improve comparability of the statements of cash flows Establish criteria for exclusion of finance and insurance subsidiaries from consolidation

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Chapter14: Intercorporate Investments In Common Stock

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Under GAAP, a parent company should exclude a subsidiary from consolidation if:
1. It measures income from the subsidiary under the equity method
2. The subsidiary is in a regulated industry
3. The subsidiary is a foreign entity whose books are recorded in a foreign currency
4. The parent does not have control of the subsidiary
The FASB’s primary motivation for requiring consolidation of all majority-owned subsidiaries was to:
1. Ensure disclosure of all loss contingencies
2. Prevent the use of off–balance sheet financing
3. Improve comparability of the statements of cash flows
4. Establish criteria for exclusion of finance and insurance subsidiaries from consolidation

Definition Definition Net amount of cash that an entity receives and expends over the course of a given period. For a business to continue operating, positive cash flows are required, and they are also necessary to produce value for investors. Investors in particular prefer to see growing cash flows even after capital expenditures have been paid for (which is known as free cash flow).

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