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Is deferred consideration recognised in parent's separate SoFP ?

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  • March 2, 2016 at 8:11 am #302969
    Duc Hung
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    From what I’ve learnt, when parent purchase a subsidiary, it pass this double entry in its separate accounts :

    DR Investment in subsidiary
    CR Bank

    If the consideration is a deferred one, this entry should be :

    DR Investment in subsidiary
    CR Deferred consideration

    At year end, it pass an entry for unwinding of discount :

    DR Finance cost
    CR Deferred consideration

    All these entries are made in parent’s individual accounts so there should be a deferred consideration shown in parent’s separate statement of financial position (SoFP), and when doing consolidation, we do not have to make any adjustment regarding deferred consideration.

    But what I’ve read in BPP textbook is there is no deferred consideration in parent’s separate SoFP, it is only shown in group’s consolidated SoFP and so is the unwinding of discount. It is charged to group’s consolidated statement of profit or loss.

    Which treatment are correct sir ? And if deferred consideration is not shown in parent separate SoFP, why is it so ?

    I think the parent has the obligation to pay an amount in the future to the previous shareholders of the subsidiary so a liability has to be recognised in parent’s individual financial statements.

    March 2, 2016 at 8:35 am #302975
    MikeLittle
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    I agree with you, the obligation for the future payment must be shown in the parent’s records

    However ……. it is MOST improbable that you will ever see this in an F7 question. Why? Because the deferred consideration is most likely not to have been recorded and the subsidiary is most likely to have been acquired just this year

    March 2, 2016 at 8:38 am #302977
    Duc Hung
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    Maybe it is my mistake. The question says “draft financial statements”. That’s why it does not include the deferred consideration in and we have to adjust for it ourselves in the consolidated FS.

    March 2, 2016 at 9:09 am #302987
    MikeLittle
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    There you go!

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