By Jackie, Researcher
Topic: Education
Area of discussion: Financial Accounting and Reporting
Chapter: Business Combinations – Consolidated Financial Statements
The
objective of this posting is to share a worked accounting question which is
related to business combinations and consolidated accounts. In this example,
clear step-by-step calculations with explanations are provided on: how to
calculate the percentage of shareholding, how to compute goodwill, how to
incorporate fair value adjustments, how to remove unrealised profit in
inventory, how to find group retained earnings, how to compute non-controlling
interest and finally, how to prepare consolidated financial statements. I
believe this illustration will greatly help students to understand this topic
and indirectly provides a solid ground for exam purposes.
Workings
with explanations:
1).
Percentage of shareholding
The
first thing that ought to be done is to find out how much proportion has been
acquired by the holding company, if it is not a wholly owned subsidiary. This
is crucial as the other proportion may be held by many different shareholders
and that kind of ownership is called as non-controlling interest (NCI).
Then,
the NCI will be 20%. Always bear in mind that the number of shares used in the
calculation of percentage shareholding must consists of voting shares only
(i.e. ordinary shares) and not preference shares.
2).
Computation of goodwill
Compare
the price paid to acquire Cahaya Bhd (i.e. Investments: Shares in group
company), with the ‘value’ of Cahaya Bhd at the date it was acquired (i.e. the
date of acquisition). Goodwill is the excess of the cost of the investment over
the ‘value’ of the proportion of the net assets acquired. Please note that the
net assets acquired can be measured either as fixed assets plus net current
assets, or as share capital plus reserves.
It
is also very important to make clear that pre-acquisition profits are used in
the calculation of the goodwill figure (i.e. capitalised), while post-acquisition profits become part of the
group profit. Besides, at the date of acquisition the fair values of Cahaya’s
property, plant & equipment were agreed as RM150,000 greater than their
book values. Thus, a revaluation reserve of RM150,000 will need to be created.
Likewise, since the fair values adjustment occurred at the date of acquisition,
it will be treated as pre-acquisition and so, it will become part of the
goodwill figure. On the other hand, impairment loss has to be deducted from the
goodwill figure and charged in the statement of comprehensive income.
3).
Necessary adjustment for property, plant & equipment
As
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position was prepared at 30 September 2012, we have to sum up both property, plant & equipment owned by
Surya Bhd and Cahaya Bhd as at that particular date too. In addition to that,
we have to add revaluation surplus of RM150,000 inside that calculation as
well, but additional care must be taken because the revaluation surplus was
made on 1 October 2009 (i.e. 3 years ago). This mean that
additional 3 years of accumulated depreciation has to be taken into account and
since Cahaya Bhd has a 10% straight-line depreciation policy, the additional
accumulated depreciation for the 3 years period will be RM150,000 x 10% x 3
years = RM45,000.
4). Unrealised profit in inventory
All of the group profit would only
be realised, if the holding company which bought goods from subsidiary has
subsequently sold all those goods to the third parties (i.e. the outsider).
However, for this case, at the end of the year, the goods are not fully sold by
the holding company as some goods are still remain in the inventory of Surya
Bhd. Then, the amount of unrealised profit must be eliminated.
5). Group retained earnings / Accumulated profits
The retained earnings of the group
will comprise the profits of Surya Bhd plus Surya Bhd’s share of profit of
Cahaya Bhd which has been earned since acquisition. Adjustments for impairment
loss, depreciation and unrealised profit have to be taken into account, if any.
6).
Non-controlling interest to be recorded in Consolidated Statement of
Comprehensive Income
The
non-controlling interest is calculated as 20% of the profit for the year after
tax of Cahaya Bhd. This equals: 20% of RM180,000 = RM36,000. We only need to
record additional depreciation for one year instead of three because this is
not Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. So, remember do not take the
accumulated depreciation for 3 years. Meanwhile, unrealised profit needs to be
eliminated according to its proportion (i.e 20%).
7).
Non-controlling interest to be recorded in Consolidated Statement of Financial
Position
Non-controlling
interest will be entitled to 20% of the fair value of the company at the date
of acquisition. Note: There is no need to divide reserves into pre- and
post-acquisition as far as the non-controlling interest is concerned.
Non-controlling interest is entitled to share in both pre- and post-acquisition
profits. Unlike Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, additional depreciation
of 3 years needs to be recorded in Consolidated Statement of Financial
Position. Meanwhile, the unrealised profits will have to be deducted according
to its proportion (i.e 20%) as usual.
Answers:
Intra-group trading must be eliminated
from the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Therefore, intra-group
sales of RM50,000 must be eliminated from both consolidated sales revenue and
consolidated cost of sales figure. There are some intra-group goods sold that
are still remain in the closing inventory. That unrealised profit must be
removed, and this is usually done in practice by increasing the cost of sales
figure. Impairment loss of RM8,000 and additional depreciation for one year
have been included in the administrative expenses. Investment income is to be
removed as it was fully came from dividend paid by Cahaya Bhd: 80% of RM50,000
= RM40,000. Any investment income shown in the consolidated statement of
comprehensive income must only be from investments other than in a subsidiary.
Additional readings, related links and
references:
This article explains how to prepare basic
consolidated financial statements for a group with one subsidiary. It’s the
second in a two-part series by the F1 examiner.
Basic rules for preparing
a consolidated balance sheet. Good explanations on all treatments and
adjustments. Formulas and which items need to be debited or credited are fully
displayed here.
Another good exercise
with detailed workings and clear explanations done by CIMA, which is good to be
viewed by accounting students who are currently studying on this particular
chapter.
Preparing
simple consolidated financial statements
Preparation
of group financial statements – ACCA
