Professional Documents
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Consolidation
Techniques and
Procedures
to accompany
Advanced Accounting, 11th edition
by Beams, Anthony, Bettinghaus, and Smith
1: ACQUISITION-YEAR
WORKPAPERS
Note:
The total consolidated assets should equal the
total consolidated liabilities and equity.
Expenses on the income statement and dividends
on the statement of retained earnings are generally
shown as negative numbers. So compute the
consolidated amounts as you would for revenues.
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Workpaper Entries
1. Adjust for errors & omissions
2. Eliminate intercompany profits and losses
3. Eliminate income & dividends from sub. and
bring Investment account to its beginning
balance
4. Record noncontrolling interest in sub.'s
earnings & dividends
5. Eliminate reciprocal Investment & sub.'s
equity balances
6. Amortize fair value differentials
7. Eliminate other reciprocal balances
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Example: Pep & Sap Data
Pep pays $88 for 80% of Sap on 1/1/2011 when
Sap's equity consisted of $60 capital stock
and $30 retained earnings. All excess was due
to unrecorded patents with a 10-year life.
2011:
Sap's net income $25 Pep's 80% share
Amortization (2) $18.4
Adjusted income $23 $12.0 NCI 20% share
$4.6
Dividends $15 $3.0
2: WORKPAPERS IN
SUBSEQUENT YEARS
2011:
Sap's net income $25 Pep's 80% share
Amortization (2) $18.4
Adjusted income $23 $12.0 NCI 20% share
$4.6
Dividends $15 $3.0
2012: Pep's 80% share
Sap's net income $30 $22.4
Amortization (2) $12.0
Adjusted income $28 NCI 20% share
$5.6
Dividends $15 $3.0
3: ERRORS IN THE
WORKPAPERS
2012
Pat's 90% share
Sol's net income $60 $43.2
Amortization ($12) $18.0
Adjusted income $48
5: CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH
FLOWS
6: APPENDIX – TRIAL
BALANCE FORMAT
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