Advanced Accounting

Advanced accounting

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What can be the two different ways Contingent Considerations may be based on?
Earnings or Security Price
What are the 3 main components of Mergers?
-There is only one main journal entry which deals with the subs assets/liabilities (recorded at FMV). The plug for the entry is either DR to goodwill or CR to gain on business combinations.
- Understand the two types of contingencies.
- Goodwill Impairment Test
Contingent Consideration Based on Earnings DOA Entries
(1) Begin with original merger acquisition entry
(2)(Dr) Gain on Bus Combo (From previous)(Dr) Goodwill (Plug)(Cr) Liability for Contingent Consideration (given)
Contingent Consideration Based on Earnings Entries if met and if not met (2)
If Met: (Dr) Liability for Contingent Consideration (given) (Cr) Cash
If Not Met(Dr) Liability for Contingent Consideration (given) (Cr) Gain on Change in Accounting Estimate
Contingent Consideration based on Security Price (2 entries)
Entry on DOA:(Dr) Various Net Assets (FMV on DOA)(Cr) Common Stock (#Shares x Par)(Cr) APIC (Plug)
Entry 1Yr Later, After Price Changes:Calculation: (Key: FMV on DOA is number A and FMV on dropped market price one year later is number B) -->[ (A-B) x #shares issued ] / B
(Dr) APIC (Caluculation above)(Cr) Common Stock
For Goodwill to be impaired, what must be less than what? (Step 1)
(AKA PV of future CF)FMV of reporting unit as a whole < BV of reporting unit, including Goodwill
Once Step 1 determines that Goodwill is impaired, what is Step 2 in the Test for the impairment of Goodwill?
Subtract the FMV of Identifiable net assets from the FMV of the reporting unit as a whole, to get the NEEDED (ending balance) of goodwill.
When goodwill is impaired, and you figure out the ending balance of goodwill, you must calculate the amount of goodwill impaired. What is the entry for this impairment?
(Dr) Loss on Goodwill Impairment(Cr) Goodwill
A 60% owned subsidiary declares and pays a cash dividend. What effect does the dividend have on the retained earnings and the minority interest balances in the parent’s consolidated balance sheet?
No effect on retained earnings and a decrease in minority interest
Non-controlling minority interest, as it appears in a consolidated balance sheet, refers to what?
Equity in the subsidiary’s net assets held by stockholders other than the parent.
Consolidated financial statements are typically prepared when one entity has a controlling financial interest in another entity unless:
Control does not rest with the majority owners OR control is temporary.
The theoretically preferred (and now required) method of presenting a non-controlling (minority) interest in a consolidated balance sheet is:
As a separate item within the stockholders’ equity section.
Why is it important to note the difference between book value and implied value?
When recording assets, the parent records the sub’s assets at FMV. However, the sub’s assets are recorded at BV on their books
How do you calculate Implied Value?
Acquisition Cost/Acquisition %
How do you find a firm's Book Value?
The sum of all equity accounts (common stock, additional contributed capital, retained earnings, etc.); which also equals the book value of the acquired firm’s assets minus their liabilities