Choose the correct. What is a basic premise of the acquisition method regarding accounting for noncontrolling interest?a. Consolidated financial statements should be primarily for the benefit of the parent company’s stockholders.b. Consolidated financial statements should be produced only if both the parent and the subsidiary are in the same basic industry.c. A subsidiary is an indivisible part of a business combination and should be included in its entirety regardless of the degree of ownership.d. Consolidated financial statements should not report a noncontrolling interest balance because these outside owners do not hold stock in the parent company.

Choose the correct. What is a basic premise of the acquisition method regarding accounting for noncontrolling interest?a. Consolidated financial statements should be primarily for the benefit of the parent company’s stockholders.b. Consolidated financial statements should be produced only if both the parent and the subsidiary are in the same basic industry.c. A subsidiary is an indivisible part of a business combination and should be included in its entirety regardless of the degree of ownership.d. Consolidated financial statements should not report a noncontrolling interest balance because these outside owners do not hold stock in the parent company.

Financial Accounting Intro Concepts Meth/Uses

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Chapter14: Intercorporate Investments In Common Stock

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What is a basic premise of the acquisition method regarding accounting for a noncontrolling interest?a. Consolidated financial statements should be primarily for the benefit of the parent company’s stockholders.b. Consolidated financial statements should be produced only if both the parent and the subsidiary are in the same basic industry.c. A subsidiary is an indivisible part of a business combination and should be included in its entirety regardless of the degree of ownership.d. Consolidated financial statements should not report a noncontrolling interest balance because these outside owners do not hold stock in the parent company.
Which of the following is correct? A. The noncontrolling shareholders' claim on the subsidiary's net asset is based on the book value of the subsidiary's net assets. B. Only the parent's portion of the differences between book value and fair value of the subsidiary's assets is assigned to those assets. C. Goodwill represents the difference between the book value of the subsidiary's net assets and the amount paid by the parent to buy ownership. D. Total assets reported by the parent generally will be less than the total assets reported on the consolidated balance sheet.
1 Which of the following is a characteristic of a business combination that should be accounted for as an acquisition? Group of answer choices a. The combination must involve the exchange of equity securities only. b. The transaction may be considered to be uniting of the ownership interest of the companies involved. c. The transaction establishes an acquisition fair value basis for the company being acquired d. Two companies may be about the same size and it is difficult to determine the acquired company and acquiring company.
Choose the correct. What is push-down accounting?a. A requirement that a subsidiary must use the same accounting principles as a parent company.b. Inventory transfers made from a parent company to a subsidiary.c. A subsidiary’s recording of the fair-value allocations as well as subsequent amortization.d. The adjustments required for consolidation when a parent has applied the equity method of accounting for internal reporting purposes.
Choose the correct. The noncontrolling interest represents an outside ownership in a subsidiary that is not attributable to the parent company. Where in the consolidated balance sheet is this outside ownership interest recognized?a. In the liability section.b. In a mezzanine section between liabilities and owners’ equity.c. In the owners’ equity section.d. The noncontrolling interest is not recognized in the consolidated balance sheet.
Which of the following is not an application of the acquisition method?a) Measuring the consideration transferred at fair value.b) Determining the acquisition date which is the date the acquirer obtains control over acquiree.c) Identifying the acquirer which is the entity that obtains control over another business in a business combination.d) Measuring the non-controlling interest at the NCI’s proportionate share in the acquiree’s net identifiable assets or fair value, whichever is higher.
Which of the following is not true with regard to a business combination accomplished in the form of a stock acquisition? a. Two companies remain in existence after the combination b. A parent-subsidiary relationship is said to exist c. Consolidated financial statements are normally required d. All of the above statements are true
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.
Do you think the FASB made the correct decision in requiring consolidated financial statements to recognize all subsidiary's assets and liabilities at fair value regardless of the percentage ownership acquired by the parent?
In the consolidated statement of comprehensive income to be prepared by the parent corporation, which of the following items will affect both consolidated net income attributable to parent and non-controlling interest in net income? Impairment loss on goodwill recognized when the noncontrolling interest is measured at proportionate share of fair value of net assets of subsidiary. Amortization of difference between fair value and book value of liability of subsidiary. Realization of unrealized gain or (loss) from sale of parent company to subsidiary company. Recognition of gain on bargain purchase arising from business combination.
What is push-down accounting?a. A requirement that a subsidiary must use the same accounting principles as a parent company.b. Inventory transfers made from a parent company to a subsidiary.c. A subsidiary’s recording of the fair-value allocations as well as subsequent amortization.d. The adjustments required for consolidation when a parent has applied the equity method of accounting for internal reporting purposes.
In the separate financial statement of the parent company, which of the following statements concerning the different accounting treatment for investment in subsidiary is correct? a. Under equity method, cash or property dividend received shall be recognized as dividend income by the parent. b. Under cost method, the transaction cost directly attributable to acquisition of the investment shall be expensed as incurred. c. Under fair value model, the parent company shall recognize share in net income from the subsidiary. d. Regardless of the method, the investment in subsidiary account shall be presented as noncurrent asset in the parent’s separate statement of financial position.