Breakspear Co purchased 600,000 of the voting equity shares of Fleet Co when the value of the noncontrolling interest in
Fleet Co is $150,000 The following information relates to Fleet at the acquisition date
At acquisition $!000
Share capital, $0.5 500
ordinary shares 150
Retained earnings 50
Revaluation surplus 700
The goodwill arising on acquisition is $70,000. What was the consideration paid by Breakspear Co for the investment in Fleet Co?
Date Co owns 100% of the ordinary share capital of Prune Co. The following balances relate to Prune Co.
At acquisition At 31.12.X8
Tangible non-current assets $’000 $’000
Freehold land 500 500
Plant and equipment 350 450
850 950
At acquisition, the fair value of Prune Co’s land was $50,000 more than shown in the financial statements of Prune Co. At 31 December 20X8, Date Co’s financial statements show a total tangible non-current asset balance of $1,250,000.
What amount should be included in the consolidated financial statements of the Date group at 31 December 20X8 for
tangible non-current assets?
Six Co owns 80% of the equity share capital of Seven Co. At 31 December 20X4, the trade receivables and trade payables of the two companies were as follows:
Six Co Seven Co
Trade receivables $64,000 $39,000
Trade payables $37,000 $48,000
These figures include $30,000 that is owed by Seven Co to Six Co for the purchase of goods, for which Six Co has not yet
paid. These goods were sold by Six Co for a profit of $15,000 and 50% of them were still held as inventory by Seven Co at
31 December 20X4.
What should be the amounts for trade receivables and trade payables in the consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 20X4?
Donna Co acquired 80% of the equity share capital of Blitsen Co on 1 January 20X4 when the retained earnings of Blitsen Co were $40,000. The fair value of the non-controlling interest at this date was $25,000. At 31 December 20X4, the equity capital of Blitsen Co was as follows:
Share capital $’000
40
Share premium 10
Retained earnings 60
110
During the year Blitsen Co sold goods to Donna Co for $20,000. This price included a mark-up of $12,000 for profit. At 31
December 20X4, 50% of these goods remained unsold in the inventory of Donna Co.
What is the value of the non-controlling interest in the Donna Group at 31 December 20X4, for the purpose of preparing the
consolidated statement of financial position?
Volcano Co acquired 75% of the equity share capital of Lava Co on 1 September 20X3. The retained profits of the two
individual companies at the beginning and end of their financial year were as follows.
Volcano Co Lava Co $’000 $’000
Retained earnings at 1 January 20X3 596 264
Retained earnings at 31 December 20X3 650 336
What is the parent company’s share of consolidated retained earnings that should be reported in the consolidated statement of financial position of the Volcano Group at 31 December 20X3?
Tin Co acquired 90% of the equity share capital of Drum Co on 1 April 20X3. The following information relates to the financial year to 31 December 20X3 for each company.
Tin Co $’000 Drum Co $’000
Retained earnings at 1 January 20X3 840 170
Profit for the year 70 60
Retained earnings at 31 December 20X3 910 230
Neither company paid any dividends during the year
What profit is attributable to the parent company in the consolidated statement of profit or loss of the Tin Group for the year to 31 December 20x3?
Sand Co acquired 80% of the equity share capital of Sun Co several years ago. In the year to
31 December 20X4, Sand Co made a profit after taxation of $120,000 and Sun Co made a profit after taxation of $35,000.
During the year Sun Co sold goods to Sand Co at a price of $40,000. The profit mark-up was 40% on the sales price. At 31
December 20X4, 25% of these goods were still held in the inventory of Sand Co.
What profit is attributable to the parent company in the consolidated statement of profit or loss of the Sand Group for the year
to 31 December 20X4?
On 1 August 20X7 Patronic purchased 18 million of the 24 million $1 equity shares of Sardonic. The acquisition was through a share exchange of two shares in Patronic for every three shares in Sardonic. The market price of a share in Patronic at 1
August 20X7 was $5.75.
What is the fair value of the consideration transferred for the acquisition of Sardonic?
X Co acquired 80% of the equity share capital in Y Co on 31 July 20X6. Extracts from the two companies' statements of profit or loss for the year ended 30 September 20X6 were as follows:
X Co Y Co
$'000 $'000
Revenue 3 400 2 400
Cost of sales 1 500 1 800
During the year ended 30 September 20X6, Y Co sold goods for $5 000 each month to X Co, at a mark up of 25%. At the end of the year X Co had 50% of these goods left in inventory.
What is the group gross profit for the year ended 30 September 20X6?
WX acquired 75% of the equity share capital of YZ several years ago. At 31 March 20X6 WX had goods in inventory valued at cost of $60,000, that had been purchased from YZ at a mark-up of 20%.
What is the effect on the profit attributable to the non-controlling interest, and the profit attributable to the parent company for
the year ended 31 March 20X6?
Profit attributable to non-controlling interest Profit attributable to WX