If you had to choose among the current method of consolidation for combinees where the combinor owns at least 50%, the new entity approach, or proportionate consolidation, which would you choose? Explain.
Textbook: Accounting Theory: Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Envirnoment (9th edition) by Wolk, Dodd & Rozycki
Answer:
For the purpose of consolidation, if the combinor owns atleast 50% of the combinees, the new entity approach will be used.
Explanation:
A. New entity approach: The method is used for the purposes of consolidation when the entity exercises control over the other entity. Owning more than 50% of the other entity represents exercising control over that entity. Under this method of consolidation, the fair values of the parent and the subsidiary are added together to form a new basis of accountability for the ongoing economic entity.
B. Proportionate consolidation: This method is used to report a firm's proportionate interest in a joint venture. Under this method, proportionate assets and liabilities (to the extent of ownership in the joint venture) will be consolidated with the parent entity.
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