group accounting
How to Consolidate a Manufacturing Group Where a Central Procurement Entity Buys Raw Materials and On-Sells to Production Subsidiaries at a Mark-Up
A central procurement entity that buys raw materials in bulk and on-sells to production subsidiaries at a mark-up creates layered…
Why Xero Cannot Eliminate Intercompany Loans Between Two Xero Organisations and What Finance Teams Do Instead
Xero treats every organisation as an independent ledger with no native cross-entity consolidation layer, meaning intercompany loan balances between two…
Franchise Fee Eliminations in an F&B Group: How to Remove Royalties and Marketing Levies When the Franchisor and Franchisee Are Both Inside the Group
When a franchisor and its franchisee entities sit under the same parent, every royalty and marketing levy paid between them…
How to Build a Template-Driven Consolidation Journal Library That Covers Every Elimination Type Your Group Runs Each Period
A template-driven consolidation journal library codifies every elimination type your group runs — intercompany trading, NCI calculations, unrealised profit adjustments,…
How to Consolidate a Multi-Entity SaaS Group When Each Subsidiary Uses a Different Accounting Platform
A practical guide for SaaS group finance teams managing consolidation across multiple accounting platforms — covering chart-of-accounts mapping, FX translation,…
Partially Disposing of an Associate: How to Calculate the Gain, Adjust the Carrying Value, and Handle a Drop Below Significant Influence
David is group FD at a holding company that has held a 40% stake in TechAssoc Ltd for four years.…
Why Your Equity Pickup Is Wrong After Acquiring an Associate: Fair Value Adjustments and Embedded Goodwill
Sarah is group controller at a holding company that completed a 35% acquisition of DesignAssoc Ltd eight months ago. The…
Eliminating Unrealised Profits on Associate Transactions: Upstream, Downstream, and Asset Sales
Marcus is group controller at a holding company with a 40% stake in RetailAssoc Ltd, a wholesale distribution business. During…
How to Consolidate Multiple Xero Companies Without Excel
If your group runs more than one Xero company, you already know what the month-end process looks like before any…
How to Use Journal Entries in Group Consolidation (With Examples)
It’s the last Friday of the month. Your Xero instance has the parent’s trial balance. QuickBooks has the US subsidiary’s…