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June 2011 Prodigal NCI calculation – ACCA answer vs BPP Revision kit 2017/18

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  • March 29, 2019 at 6:55 am #510765
    archi604
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    Hi, I have noticed difference in calculation of NCI in Prodigal question.

    Here is relevant extract of question:

    On 1 October 2010 Prodigal purchased 75% of the equity shares in Sentinel.

    The extract of SPLOCI of Sentinel for the year ended 31 March 2011 is:
    Profit for the year 66000

    Notes:
    (ii) Immediately after the acquisition of Sentinel on 1 October 2010, Prodigal transferred an item of plant with a carrying amount of $4 million to Sentinel at an agreed value of $5 million. At this date the plant had a remaining life of two and half years. Prodigal had included the profit on this transfer as a reduction in its depreciation costs. All depreciation is charged to cost of sales.
    (iii) After the acquisition Sentinel sold goods to Prodigal for $40 million. These goods had cost Sentinel $30 million. $12 million of the goods sold remained in Prodigal’s closing inventory.

    ACCA’s calculation of profit attributable to NCI
    Sentinel’s post-acquisition profit (66,000 x 6/12) – 33000
    Less: Unrealised profit in inventory – (3000)
    Answer – 30000*0.25=7500

    BPP’s calculation
    Sentinel’s post-acquisition profit (66,000 x 6/12) – 33000
    ADD: Non-current asset PURP (W3) excess depreciation – 200
    Less: Unrealised profit in inventory – (3000)
    Answer – 30200*0.25=7550

    Basically, BPP takes depreciation excess due to sale of plant into account, while ACCA does not.
    Which one of them is correct?

    March 30, 2019 at 10:27 am #510854
    P2-D2
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    Have you checked that the two questions are identical? It might be that BPP have changed the question slightly hence the different answer.

    Thanks

    March 30, 2019 at 3:22 pm #510875
    archi604
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    Thanks for reply.
    No, the text is the same. I have checked several times.

    April 1, 2019 at 9:22 pm #510996
    P2-D2
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    OK, I’ll have a look at the BPP material the next time I have it to hand. I’ve not got it at the moment to look at their answer fully.

    Thanks

    May 23, 2019 at 9:43 am #516999
    archi604
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    Hi, again. It seems that you forgot about this question. I have checked Kaplan 2019 kit too. Their answer is identical to BPP’s.

    I also looked it up in BPP’s and Kaplan’s 2016-2017 revision and exam kits, in which their answer is not different from ACCA’s . So there must have been a change in the rules or in approach to this question from 2017 so that both Kaplan and BPP changed their answers.

    May 24, 2019 at 7:46 pm #517211
    P2-D2
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    Hi,

    You need to ensure that when you are working through questions that you have the most up to date versions of the revision kit.

    Thanks

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