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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 3
TOPIC 4: PART 1: CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS
Solutions to these questions are available on the course web site.
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS:
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Leo et al chapter 15: Review questions 1, 2, 3 and 9
Case studies: 1, 2, 4 and 5
1. What is a subsidiary?
A subsidiary is an entity that is controlled by another entity, a parent.
2. What is meant by the term “control”?
An investor controls an investee when the investor is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns
from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its
power over the investee.
3. For what purposes are the consolidated financial statements prepared?
Possible objectives are:
- Supply of relevant information
- Supply of comparable information
- Accountability of management
- Reporting of risks and benefits
9. Is the non‐controlling interest classified as a liability or equity?
It is classified as equity as the group does not have a present obligation to outflow funds to those
shareholders.
Case Study 1
SINGAPORE LTD – PERU LTD
Singapore Ltd
Peru Ltd
Convertible debentures
Mr Smith owns 100% of shares
The question is whether Singapore Ltd is a parent of Peru Ltd.
This depends on whether Singapore Ltd controls Peru Ltd.
Consider the definition of control as per Appendix A of AASB 10.
Key question:
As Singapore Ltd holds convertible debentures, does this give it control over Peru Ltd?
Mr Smith actually controls Peru Ltd but the AASB 10 concept of control is a capacity to control, a
power to govern concept rather than an actual control concept.
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Singapore Ltd can be considered a passive controller. The holder of a presently exercisable
instrument has the capacity to control. It has the unilateral ability to exercise the instrument and ...