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7 ACCA Financial Reporting questions with answers and explanations.
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The parent issues 400,000 shares valued at $3.00 and pays $500,000 cash. NCI at fair value is $400,000 and the subsidiary's net assets at fair value are $1,900,000. What is goodwill?
Correct answer: $200,000
Consideration $1,700,000 + NCI $400,000 - net assets $1,900,000.
A subsidiary sold goods costing $40,000 to the parent for $60,000, and half are still held. What is the unrealised profit?
A subsidiary sold goods costing $40,000 to the parent for $60,000, and half are still held. The NCI owns 20 percent of the subsidiary. How much of the unrealised profit adjustment is borne by the NCI?
Correct answer: $2,000
The subsidiary was the seller, so the NCI bears 20% x $10,000.
A 25 percent associate was bought for $600,000 and has made post-acquisition profit of $200,000. What is the carrying amount of the investment under the equity method?
How is a subsidiary acquired part way through the year treated in the consolidated statement of profit or loss?
Correct answer: Only its results after the acquisition date are included
Control starts at the acquisition date.
Which fair value is used in the calculation of goodwill?
Correct answer: The fair value of the consideration and of the subsidiary's identifiable net assets at acquisition
Fair values give a fair measure of what was acquired.
What is non-controlling interest?
Correct answer: The part of a subsidiary's equity not owned by the parent
It is shown within equity in the consolidated statement of financial position.