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Group Retained Earnings

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  • June 16, 2021 at 10:28 pm #625490
    kelmgrogan
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    Hi Sir,

    Thanks loads for your lectures on this, I found them very helpful!

    I am just confused by an answer in my Kaplan Book, could you help?

    H bought 90% of the equity share capital of S, two years ago on 1January 20X2 when the retained earnings of S stood at $5,000.Statements of financial position at the year end of 31 December 20X3 areas follows:

    PPE: H 100 S 30
    Investment in S. H 30

    Inventory H 90 S 20
    Receivables H 110 S 25
    Bank H 10 S 5

    Share Capital H 15 S 5
    Retained Earnings H 159 S 31

    Non Current Liabilities H 120 S 28
    Current Liabilities H 50 S 16

    S transferred goods to H at a transfer price of $18,000 at a mark-up of 50%. Two-thirds remained in inventory at the year end. The current account in H and S stood at $22,000 on that day. The H group uses the fair value method to value the non-controlling interest. The fair value of the non-controlling interest at acquisitionwas $4,000. Prepare the consolidated statement of financial position at 31/12/X3.

    I just don’t understand the NCI part. I thought it would be;
    Fair Value + (10% of post-acquisition profits)
    4 + ((31-5)*0.1)) = 6.6

    But the answer is 6.2, can you help me understand, please?

    June 17, 2021 at 8:42 am #625526
    John Moffat
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    S had sold goods to H during the year and will have recorded a profit of 50/150 x 18,000 = $6,000, which will be included in their retained earnings.

    At the end of the year, 2/3 of these sales are still in S’s inventory and therefore the profit has not been realised by the group as a whole. So the unrealised profit is 2/3 x $6,000 = $4,000.

    When we consolidate, this needs removing from S’s retained earnings. So the NCI becomes
    4 + ((31 – 5 – 4)*0.1) = 6.2

    June 17, 2021 at 9:50 pm #625616
    kelmgrogan
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    Ahh of course, got it. Thank you for explaining!

    June 18, 2021 at 7:33 am #625636
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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