Amortisation of goodwill on consolidation

The goodwill arising at acquisition must be amortised (depreciated) over its estimated economic life, through the income statement.

Goodwill on consolidation

If the parent pays more for the investment in the subsidiary than the value of the subsidiary’s net assets, the difference represents the amount paid for the unrecorded goodwill in the subsidiary.

Balance sheet consolidation example

Basic example to analyse the balance sheet consolidation.

Consolidated accounts definition

Consolidated accounts is the name given to the accounting techniques which seek to reflect the ture position, as regards both profits and assets, when one company controls another.

Research and development costs disclosure

Explain the disclosure of research and development costs detailly.

Research and development expenditure

The definition and recognition of research and development expenditure.

Balance sheet accounts payable

In the balance sheet accounts payable, “Cr” insteads increasing and “Dr” insteads decreasing.

Bad debts recovery

Bad debts recovery is the situation where a debt is written off as bad in one accounting period, then unexpectedly received in a subsequent accounting period.

The difference between a bad debt written off and a doubtful debt allowance

A bad debt written off is considered to be uncollectable, a doubtful debt allowance is some doubt as to its collectability.

Allowance for doubtful debt

Example to explain and analyse the allowance for doubtful debt.

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