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Week 2- Consolidating Financial Statements and Public Company Reporting 2-1 Question 1 aicpa.aq.intro.consld.fin.001_17 For the purpose of consolidating financial interests, a majority voting interest is deemed to be 50% of the directly or indirectly owned outstanding voting shares of another entity. 50% of the directly or indirectly owned outstanding voting shares and at least 50% of the directly or indirectly owned outstanding nonvoting shares of another entity. Greater than 50% of the directly or indirectly owned outstanding voting shares of another. Greater than 50% of the directly or indirectly owned outstanding voting shares and at least 50% of the directly or indirectly owned outstanding nonvoting shares of another entity. You Answered Incorrectly. Incorrect. Consolidation occurs for all entities under common control. Control is defined as more than 50% direct (or indirect) ownership of another entity. This response states 50% ownership (not more than 50%), which is not sufficient to exert control. Question 2 AICPA.071009FAR Sun Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Star Co. Both companies have separate general ledgers and prepare separate financial statements. Sun requires stand-alone financial statements. Which of the following statements is correct? Consolidated financial statements should be prepared for both Star and Sun. Consolidated financial statements should only be prepared by Star and not by Sun. After consolidation, the accounts of both Star and Sun should be changed to reflect the consolidated totals for future ease in reporting. After consolidation, the accounts of both Star and Sun should be combined together into one general ledger accounting system for future ease in reporting. You Answered Incorrectly. Since Sun is a subsidiary of Star that continues to exist as a separate legal entity with its own books and separate financial statements, the accounts of each firm will continue to reflect only the amounts related to each firm. Consolidated totals will be developed only on consolidating worksheets at the end of each reporting period. Question 3
AICPA.081273FAR-SIM Which one of the following methods, if any, may a parent use on its books to carry an investment in a subsidiary that it will consolidate? Cost Method Equity Method Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No You Answered Correctly! A parent may use the cost method, the equity method, or any other method on its books to carry an investment in a subsidiary that it will consolidate. The method that is used on its books will affect the consolidating process, but the final consolidated financial statements will be the same regardless of the method the parent uses on its books. Question 4 AICPA.081276FAR-SIM The choice of methods that a parent uses on its books to account for its investment in a subsidiary will affect the: Consolidating Process Consolidated Financial Statements Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No You Answered Incorrectly. The method a parent uses on its books to account for its investment in a subsidiary will affect the consolidating process, but the choice of methods will not affect the final consolidated financial statements. The final consolidated financial statements will be the same regardless of the method used by the parent on its books; only the details of the process of developing those statements will be different. Question 5 AICPA.081277FAR-SIM Which one of the following levels of voting ownership is normally assumed to convey significant influence over an investee? 0% - 10%.
20% - 50%. 50% - 100%. 100%. You Answered Incorrectly. Ownership of 100% of the voting securities of an investee normally gives the investor control over the investee, not significant influence. Ownership of 100% of the voting stock of an investee may not give the investor control over the investee if additional special circumstances exist, but normally, it does. Question 6 AICPA.083792FAR-SIM Consolidated financial statements are based on the concept that: In the preparation of financial statements, legal form takes precedence over economic substance. In the preparation of financial statements, economic substance takes precedence over legal form. Financial information should be presented separately for each legal entity. Separate financial statements are more meaningful than consolidated financial statements. You Answered Correctly! The preparation of consolidated financial statements is based on the concept that economic substance takes precedence over legal form. In form, the corporations are separate legal entities, but in substance, they are under the common economic control of the parent's shareholders. Question 7 AICPA.090101FAR-SIM Aceco has significant investments in three separate entities. These investments are: 1. 40% ownership of the voting stock of Kapco. 2. 60% ownership of the voting stock of Placo. 3. 100% ownership of the voting stock of Simco Which of Aceco's investments would be consolidated with Aceco in its consolidated financial statements? Simco only. Placo and Simco. Kapco, Placo, and Simco. Kapco only. You Answered Incorrectly.
While Simco would be consolidated by Aceco, so also would be Placo. Since Aceco owns controlling interest in Placo (60%) and in Simco (100%), each would be consolidated with Aceco. Kapco would not be consolidated, because Aceco does not have controlling interest in Kapco. In Aceco's consolidated financial statements, Kapco would be shown as an investment. Question 8 AICPA.090102FAR-SIM Under GAAP, which of the following can be issued as the primary form of public financial statement disclosure for a parent and its subsidiaries? Parent-only Statement Separate Parent and Subsidiary Statements Consolidated Statements Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No Yes You Answered Incorrectly. Under GAAP, separate parent and subsidiary statements may not be issued as the primary form of public disclosure for a parent and its subsidiaries. Under GAAP, only consolidated financial statements may be issued as the primary form of public disclosure for a parent and its subsidiaries. Question 9 AICPA.090104FAR-SIM The results of the consolidating process are recorded in the books of the: Parent Subsidiary Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No You Answered Incorrectly. The results of the consolidating process (adjustments, eliminations, etc.) are not recorded on the books of any entity. The consolidating process takes place on worksheets and schedules, and the results are presented in the form of consolidated financial statements. Some of the worksheet and schedule data is carried forward from
period end to period end to facilitate the recurring consolidating process. Question 10 AICPA.090105FAR-SIM Which one of the following kinds of eliminations, if any, will be required in every consolidating process? Intercompany Receivables/Payables Intercompany Investment Intercompany Revenues/Expenses Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No You Answered Incorrectly. While an intercompany investment elimination will be required in every consolidating process (to eliminate the parent's investment against the subsidiary's shareholders' equity), intercompany receivables/payables and intercompany revenues/expenses eliminations will be required only if the affiliated companies have engaged in intercompany transactions that resulted in such balances. Question 11 AICPA.090106FAR-SIM Which of the following information that exists at the date of an acquisition will be needed to carry out the consolidating process? I. Book values of a subsidiary's assets and liabilities. II. Fair values of a subsidiary's assets and liabilities. III. Parent's cost of its investment in the subsidiary. I, II, and III. I and II, only. II and III, only. III only. You Answered Incorrectly. In order to prepare consolidated financial statements, the parent needs not only the fair values of a subsidiary's assets and liabilities at the date of the business combination and the parent's cost of its investment in the subsidiary, but also the book values of the subsidiary's assets and liabilities at the date of the business combination. Question 12
AICPA.090107FAR-SIM Which one of the following kinds of accounts is least likely to be eliminated through an eliminating entry on the consolidating worksheet? Receivables. Investment. Goodwill. Payables. You Answered Correctly! Goodwill may be recognized by the entry that eliminates the parent's investment in the subsidiary against the parent's share of the subsidiary's shareholders' equity, but goodwill will not be eliminated through an eliminating entry. Question 13 AICPA.090437FAR-SIM Which one of the following is not necessarily a post-combination characteristic of a legal acquisition? The combining firms remain separate legal entities. A parent-subsidiary relationship exists. The acquiring firm owns 100% of the voting stock of the acquired firm. The combining firms are under common economic control. You Answered Incorrectly. The combining firms do remain separate legal entities following a legal acquisition. In a legal acquisition, one entity acquires controlling interest (> 50% of the voting stock) of another firm, and both firms continue to exist and operate as separate legal entities, the acquiring firm as the parent and the acquired firm as a subsidiary. Question 14 AICPA.090438FAR-SIM Which one of the following circumstances will not impact directly the adjustments, eliminations, or related amounts in the consolidating process? Whether the parent company is a manufacturing firm or a service firm. Whether the parent uses the cost or equity method to carry the investment in a subsidiary on its books. Whether the parent owns 100% or less than 100% of the subsidiary. Whether transactions between the affiliated entities originate with the parent or with a
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