Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337690881
Author: Jay Rich, Jeff Jones
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter A2, Problem 17E
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There are three methods i.e. amortized cost, equity and fair value method that is used to record investment for less than 50% ownership of the common stock outstanding whereas more than 50% ownership is regarded as consolidation of parent and subsidiary company.

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