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Contingent consideration in goodwill

SDSimran Dassani2y ago
Hi, Below is the question On 1 January 20X7, Banana Co acquired an 80% equity interest in Grape Co. The following is a summary of Grape Co's equity at the date. Equity share capital ($1 each) 20 Other components of equity 8 Retained earnings 42 Total 70 The 10 million of Banana Co's shares which had a nominal value of St each and a market price of $6.80 each , cash of $18 million was due to be paid on 1 20X9 if the net profit after tax of Grape Co grew by 5% in each of the two years following . The present value of the total contingent at 1 20X7 was $16 million. It was felt that there was a 25% chance of the profit target being met. At acquisition, the only to the net assets of Grape Co was for land which had a fair value $5 million higher than its carrying . This is not within the $70 million equity of Grape Co at 1 January 20X7. Consolidated goodwill: Share consideration 68 Add NCI 14 Less net assets at acquisition (70) Goodwill at acquisition 12 The financial director did not take into account the contingent cash since it was not probable would be paid. , he measured the interest using the proportionate of net assets despite the group having a published policy to interest at fair value. The share price of Grape Co at acquisition was $4.25 and should be used to value the NCI. Sir, can you explain the calculation of contingent consideration in the question? According to the answer, we are supposed to take 25% of 16, why is that so? Thanks in advance!
stephenwidbergstephenwidbergTutor2y ago#1
Please don't copy out whole questions. :) Otherwise they may be deleted. :( Contingent consideration must be measured at FV. Best estimate would be 25% of 16.
SDSimran Dassani2y ago#2
So if there was no probable profit percentage given, the FV would have been 16?
stephenwidbergstephenwidbergTutor2y ago#3
No - only 16 if 100% likely to happen. They will tell you how to calculate FV.
SDSimran Dassani2y ago#4
Sorry, sir I am still bit confused. I previously had come across a contingent consideration question where they had taken the FV of the consideration in the goodwill as there was no probability given. So how will we calculate FV in such case?
stephenwidbergstephenwidbergTutor2y ago#5
Every question is different. If they give you FV you can just copy it. In the question you asked originally 16 was not a FV - it was a figure which had a 25% chance of being paid.
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