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  3. hello …sir in which situation we should charge the good will impaiment to NCI ..??
    because you said in previous lecture that we will not charge good wiill impairment to NCI …when the NCI is proportionate basis…..

    • Correct – we only charge the nci with an impairment of goodwill when the nci is valued on a full, fair value basis. If they are valued on a proportionate basis, then they have no goodwill attributable to them, so we can’t charge them with any impairment

      • Good day Sir,

        I am new on Open Tuition. Are there assigned times when you hold lectures?
        I have registered for F4 and F7.
        How does it work?

        Thank you

        Tasha

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      • Thank you very much for your prompt response Sir.
        I was trying to find lectures for F4 (Global Variant) but it seems like there is only the English Variant available? 馃檨

  4. Hi Mike,

    Just worked Q-31 in the bbp kit. It has a Negative goodwill of $200.00 i see where they subtract from the admin expenses where i had just added it to the profits for the year.

    Please clarify: are there situations where i less it from expenses versus just adding it to the profit for the year?

  9. Is there anybody can answer my question ? Need help

    I am studying ACCA paper7 Financial Reporting (International and UK stream). I have paid online exam entry.
    I just have got one question when I needed to choose paper standard and variant because there are 3 options. I have chose “International” and I just wonder whether it is correct.

    Thx

    • I’m the same and I chose Internatiional, as that is the syllabus that BPP teach where I was studying. If you are self studying there is no reason why you shouldn’t just do the UK variant – I have heard that it is slightly easier than international for some reason!

  11. Question
    Goodwill impairment is allocated to both parent and non-controlling interest, valued at fair value.
    Let me pick a simple example from 2012 syllabus page 146-147.
    Goodwill 23,000.00
    Attributable to: parent 19,250.00
    NCI 3,750.00
    When goodwill is impaired by 20%, this impairment is allocated according to their percentage of holdings (75%: 25%)
    Impairment Parent (75%) NCI (25%)
    23,000.00 @ 20% = 4,600.00 3,450.00 1,150.00
    ASSUME GOODWILL IS IMPAIRED BY 75%
    23,000.00 @ 75% = 17,250.00 12,937.50 4,312.50
    In this case the deduction of NCI resulted by goodwill impairment (4,312.50) is greater than the goodwill attributed (3,750.00).
    So, is it fair to allocate goodwill impairment according to percentage of holdings?
    My suggestion;
    Impairment Parent NCI
    23,000.00 @ 20% = 4600.00 (19,250.00 X 20%) = 3,850.00 (3,750.00 X 20%) = 750.00
    Does it make sense?

      • Take the total goodwill (in your example it’s 23,000 x 20% = 4,600)

        Allocate on the basis of shareholdings (in your example that’s 75%/25%) so 3,450 for the parent and 1,150 for the nci

        Goodwill is now 18,400 and the retained earnings and nci have been reduced by 3,450 and 1,150 respectively.

        Yes, it’s unfair (apparently) as I point out in the lectures but …… that’s the way it is

  12. Question?
    the syllabus says “good will can not be developed internally, rather it is valued when business combination occurs”.
    so why do we attribute goodwill to NCI? where they do not develop goodwill internally?

    • @henahailu2, The nci only arises on the event of a business acquisition. Incidentally, I believe that your question is incorrect “…good will can not be developed internally…” and then you go on to say “so why do we attribute goodwill to NCI where they do not develop goodwill internally?”

      The wording of your question suggests that we should not be attributing goodwill because it WASN’T developed internally.

      Where goodwill is internally generated, we DO NOT recognise it. Goodwill is recognised ONLY on the event of a business acquisition and nci arise, again, ONLY on the event of a business acquisition

    • @simbamasara, They do! NCI is measured at “value at date of acquisition + share of post-acquisition retained – their share of goodwill impairment” The value at date of acquisition INCLUDES their share of goodwill at date of acquisition.

      An alternative way of calculating the nci is “their share of S net assets at date of Statement of Financial Position + their share of any goodwill which remains after impairments to date. Check it!

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