ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING-ACCESS
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Author: Christensen
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.9Q
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Consolidation following acquisition: when a company purchases another company’s common stock, the subsidiary is viewed as being part of the consolidated entity only from the time stock acquired. When a subsidiary is acquired during a fiscal period rather than at the beginning or at the end, the results of the subsidiary’s operations are included in the consolidated statements only for the portion of the year that the parent owned the stock. The subsidiary’s revenues, expenses, gains and losses for the portion of the fiscal period prior to acquisition is excluded from the consolidated financial statements.
how the consolidation entries at the end of the year change when there is a midyear acquisition.
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The prior period will be affected if during the current year the management of an entity decides to classify a non currrent asset as held for sale.
Which of the following is incorrect regarding measurement period?
a. If the initial accounting for a business combination is incomplete by the end of the reporting period in which the combination occurs, the acquirer shall report in its financial statements provisional amounts for the items for which the accounting is incomplete.
b. During the measurement period, the acquirer shall also recognise additional assets or liabilities if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date and, if known, would have resulted in the recognition of those assets and liabilities as of that date.
c. The measurement period ends as soon as the acquirer receives the information it was seeking about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date or learns that more information is not obtainable.
d. During the measurement period, the acquirer shall prospectively adjust the provisional amounts recognised at the acquisition date…
During the current year, an entity acquires another entity in a transaction properly accounted for as a business acquisition. At the time of the acquisition, some of the information for valuing assets was incomplete. How should the acquirer account for the incomplete information in preparing its financial statements immediately after the acquisition?
a. Record the uncertain items at a provisional amount measured at the date of acquisition.
b. Record a contra account to the investment account for the amount involved
c. Do not record the uncertain items until complete information is available
d. Record the uncertain items at the carrying amount of the acquire
Chapter 10 Solutions
ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING-ACCESS
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