This document contains chapter 4 from an accounting textbook on consolidation of wholly owned subsidiaries. It includes questions and answers on consolidation topics such as:
- The purpose of eliminating entries in consolidation vs adjusting entries
- How differentials arise from acquisitions and how they are treated
- How a subsidiary's equity accounts are eliminated in consolidation
- How pushdown accounting can eliminate differentials
It also includes case studies on:
- Why consolidation is necessary to prepare consolidated financial statements
- Issues around presenting consolidated financial statements for a company with diverse subsidiaries
- Treatment of an unprofitable subsidiary in consolidation
- Assigning an acquisition differential to a subsidiary's assets and liabilities
- Implications of a subsidiary having negative