Group financial statements

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.