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- May 22, 2017 at 8:10 am #387380
Dear Mike,
From chapter 9, comprehensive example, I have one particular concept which I am struggling the understand.
What is the purpose of unrolling the discount?
I didn’t quite understand why you take 10% of 30,000.
Also, the reason you multiply 3000 by 7/12, is it because it hasn’t been 2 years yet and thus not discounted as much?Also, why is this figure, 30+1.75 included in non current liability?
I am guessing 30 is included as this part of consideration, calculated in W2, hasn’t been actually paid yet.
However, why is 1.75 included?Thank you.
May 22, 2017 at 8:22 am #387384The 1.75 inclusion is the amount by which the discounted consideration has now unrolled.
As we get closer and closer to payment date (1 year and 5 months away as at the year end) the discounted consideration is unrolled and unrolled until, immediately before the due date for payment, the liability will then be shown as $36,300 and then, ‘tomorrow’, that will be paid to the former shareholders of Danute
The reason it’s shown as a non-current liability is because that $36,300 is not payable within the next 12 months – it’s not due to be paid until 1 April, 2013 and that’s 17 months after the year end
OK?
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