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Chapter 8 Consolidated Finanical Statemetns
Chapter 8 Consolidated Finanical Statemetns
Consolidated Financial
statements: Intercompany
Transactions
ACCT 501
(All examples are
from the textbook by
J. Larson)
Objectives of the Chapter
To discuss the accounting and
working paper eliminations for related
party transactions between a parent
company and its subsidiaries for:
I. intercompany transactions not
involving profit or loss such as loans
on promissory notes, leases of
property under operating leases and
rendering of services;
Consolidated FS-Intercompany Transactions 2
Objectives of the Chapter (Contd.)
II.intercompany transactions involving
profit or loss such as intercompany
sale of merchandise, plant assets,
intangible assets and leases of
property (under capital/sales-type
leases).
Types of Sales
Downstream intercompany sales
Upstream intercompany sales
Lateral intercompany sales
* As indicated in Chapter 7 (Page 29), this elimination is posted to the beginning-of-year retained
earnings in the statement of retained earnings section of the working paper for consolidated
financial statements. Consolidated FS-Intercompany Transactions 53
Issues in Intercompany Profit in Ending
Inventories and Amount of Minority
Interest
A general principle is that all the
unrealized intercompany profit in the
ending inventory of the buyer (i.e., a
partially owned or wholly owner
subsidiary or a parent), should be
eliminated for the consolidated financial
statement as long as the seller is either
the parent or other wholly owned
subsidiaries.
Cash 200,000
Land 175,000
Gain on Sale of Land 25,000
To record sale of land to an
outsider.
Less:Amount of elimination—
intercompany gain 23,800
Difference– equal to carrying amount
$ 36,200
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Intercompany Gain on Sale of
Depreciable Plant Asset (Contd.)
Note: the elimination of the $23,800
gain should be taken into account in the
minority interest in the net income of
Sage (the seller) for year 2001. The
$23,800 is also included in the Sage’s
retained earnings, for consolidation
purposes, on 12/31/2001 I (see
textbook 376-378).
POST CORPORATION
Investment in Sage Company Bonds
12/31/01 257,175 a
12/31/02 8,576 b
12/31/03 9,863 c
12/31/04 11,342 d
12/31/05 13,044 e
Bal on 12/31/05 300,000
Retained Earnings
1,050,000a 12/31/99
457,050b 12/31/00
12/31/00 158,550 c
318,400d 12/31/01
12/31/01 158,550 e
1,508,350 Bal on 12/31/01