acquisition accounting
Gaining Control in Stages: How to Account for a Step Acquisition Under IFRS 3
Three years ago, the group took a 30% stake in TechCo, a software business with strong growth potential. The investment…
Intragroup Restructuring: How to Account for Common Control Transactions When IFRS 3 Doesn’t Apply
David had been CFO of the retail group for four years when the board approved a restructuring. For commercial and…
Post-Acquisition Consolidation: The Fair Value Adjustments You Still Need to Make in Year Two — and Every Year After
Priya had been group controller for eight months when she inherited the consolidation working papers for TrainingCo, a subsidiary the…
AASB 3 Business Combinations: A Practical Guide for Australian Multi-Entity Groups
When Sophie’s Melbourne-based consulting group acquired a smaller competitor for $2.8 million, the deal took six months of negotiation and…
FRS 102 Consolidation: A Practical Guide for UK Multi-Entity Groups
The holding company had been incorporated two years earlier to sit above three trading subsidiaries, and the group’s accountants had…
US GAAP Business Combinations: A Practical Guide to ASC 805 for Multi-Entity Groups
The deal closed on 1 March. A US-based professional services group had acquired a 75% controlling stake in a regional…
Why Doesn’t My Consolidated Balance Sheet Balance?
Nadia had been staring at the same number for forty minutes. Total assets: £8,432,000. Total liabilities plus equity: £8,085,000. The…
Contingent Consideration in Group Consolidation: Why Earn-Outs and Deferred Payments Look Different in Your Consolidated Accounts
When a group acquires a business, the consideration paid is rarely a single clean cash figure. Most acquisitions include some…
Deferred Tax in Group Consolidation: How Consolidation Adjustments Create Tax Differences
The consolidated deferred tax position is not the sum of the entities’ individual deferred tax balances. Group consolidation introduces adjustments…
Full Goodwill vs Partial Goodwill: How Your NCI Measurement Choice Changes the Balance Sheet, the Impairment Test, and Who Absorbs the Loss
Helena is the group controller of Pinnacle Group, which has just acquired a 75% stake in Novum Ltd. The purchase…