Exercise 1
Submitted Sep 18 at 9:45am
Question 1
If AA Company acquires 80 percent of the stock of BB Company on January 1, 20x2, immediately after the acquisition consolidated retained earnings will be equal to the combined retained earnings of the two companies.
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Question 2
On the consolidated balance sheet, consolidated stockholders' equity is equal to the sum of the parent and subsidiary stockholders' equity.
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Question 3
The goal of the consolidation process is for asset acquisitions and 100% stock acquisitions to result in the same balance sheet.
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Question 4
When companies employ push-down accounting all consolidation elimination entries are made on the books of the subsidiary rather than in consolidated workpapers.
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Question 5
How is the portion of consolidated earnings to be assigned to non-controlling interest in consolidated financial statements determined the amount of the subsidiary's earnings is mutiplied by the non- controlling's percentage ownership and is adjusted for the excess cost amortization applicable to the NCI.
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Question 6
In a business combination accounted for as an acquisition, registration costs related to common stock issued by the parent company are deducted from other contributed capital.
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Question 7
When the implied value exceeds the aggregate fair values of identifiable net assets, the residual difference is accounted for as goodwill.
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Question 8
Majority-owned subsidiaries should be excluded from the consolidated statements when control does not rest with the majority owner.
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Question 9
JJ Company acquired 85% of MR Company on April 1. On its December 31,consolidated income statement, how should JJ account for MR's revenues and expenses that occurred before April 1 include 100 percent of MR's revenue and expenses and deduct the pre-acquisition portion as non-controlling interest in net income.
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Question 10
Under the economic entity concept, consolidated financial statements are intended primarily for the benefit of the minority stockholders.
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Question 11
The primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity (VIE) must consolidate the VIE into its financial statements whenever the voting rights are not proportional to the obligations to absorb the expected losses or receive expected residual returns.
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Question 12
Goodwill represents the excess of the implied value of an acquired company over the aggregate fair values of tangible asset less liabilities assumed.
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Question 13
Goodwill is reported when the fair value of the acquire is greater than the fair value of the net identifiable assets acquired.
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Question 14
When a company purchases another company that has existing goodwill and the transaction is accounted for as a stock acquisition, the goodwill should be treated in the following manner goodwill on the books of an acquired company should be disregarded.
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Question 15
When a company purchases another company that has existing goodwill and the transaction is accounted for as a stock acquisition, the goodwill should be treated in the following manner goodwill is not recorded prior to recording fixed assets.
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Question 16
Presenting consolidated financial statements this year when statements of individual companies were presented last year is the correction of an error.
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Question 17
Dividends declared by a subsidiary are eliminated against dividend income recorded by the parent under the equity method.
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False
Question 18
Goodwill is seldom reported because it is too difficult to measure.
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Question 19
The SEC requires the use of push down accounting when the ownership change is greater than 90%.
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Question 20
A new acquired subsidiary has pre-existing goodwill on its books. The parent company's consolidated balance sheet will do an impairment test to see if any of it has been impaired.
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