Soft Bound Version for Advanced Accounting 13th Edition
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ISBN: 9781260110579
Author: Hoyle
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Choose the correct. A company acquires a subsidiary and will prepare consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes. For internal reporting purposes, the company has decided to apply the initial value method. Why might the company have made this decision?a. It is a relatively easy method to apply.b. Operating results appearing on the parent’s financial records reflect consolidated totals.c. GAAP now requires the use of this particular method for internal reporting purposes.d. Consolidation is not required when the parent uses the initial value method.
A company acquires a subsidiary and will prepare consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes. For internal reporting purposes, the company has decided to apply the equity method. Why might the company have made this decision?
It is a relatively easy method to apply.
Operating results appearing on the parent’s financial records reflect consolidated totals.
GAAP now requires the use of this particular method for internal reporting purposes.
Consolidation is not required when the parent uses the equity method.
In an asset acquisition:
a.
A consolidation must be prepared whenever financial statements are issued.
b.
The acquiring company deals only with existing shareholders, not the company itself.
c.
The assets and liabilities are recorded by the acquiring company at their book values.
d.
Statements for the single combined entity are produced automatically and no consolidation process is needed.
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