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CFAS. Pages 1
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regarding interest.
Chapter 18
1. It is an entity over which the inventor has significant influence. Associate
3. Which statement is true concerning significant influence? All of these are true
about
significance influence.
5. When an entity holds between 20% and 50% of the voting power of an
investee, which statement is true? The investor should use the equity
method unless circumstances indicate that it is unable to exercise
significant influence over the investee.
8. An investor shall discontinue the equity method when the investor ceases to
have significant influence over the associate.
10.The equity method is not applicable under all of the following circumstances
except the investor is in the process of filing financial statements with SEC for the
purpose of issuing debt and equity instruments in a public market.
11.After the date of acquisition, the investment account using the equity method
would be increased by its share of the earnings of the investee, and decreased
by its share of the losses of the investee.
12.Under the equity method of accounting for investments, an investor recognizes its
share of the earnings in the period in which the earnings are reported by the
investee.
13.When an investor uses the equity method to account for investment in ordinary
shares, cash dividends received by the investor from the investee are recorded as a
deduction from the investment account.
14.When an investor uses the equity method to account for investment in ordinary
shares, the investment account will be increased when the investor recognizes a
proportionate interest in the net income of the investee.