Consolidation Entries for Zack Ltd
Consolidation Entries for Zack Ltd
On 1 July 2015, Zack Ltd acquired all the issued shares (ex div.) of William Ltd for $227 500. At
this date the equity of William Ltd consisted of:
At acquisition date, William Ltd reported a dividend payable of $8000. All the identifiable
assets and liabilities of William Ltd were recorded at amounts equal to their fair values except
for:
The plant was considered to have a further 3-year life. Of the inventory, 90% was sold by
30 June 2016 and the remainder was sold by 30 June 2017. The land was sold in January 2016
for $170 000. William Ltd had recorded goodwill of $2000 (net of accumulated impairment
losses of $12 000).William Ltd was involved in a court case that could potentially result in the
company paying damages to customers. Zack Ltd calculated the fair value of this liability to be
$8000, even though William Ltd had not recorded any liability.
The following events occurred in the year ending 30 June 2016.
• On 12 August 2015 William Ltd paid the dividend that existed at 1 July 2015.
• On 1 December 2015 William Ltd transferred $17 000 from the general reserve existing at
1 July 2015 to retained earnings.
• On 1 January 2016 William Ltd made a call of 10c per share on its issued shares. William
Ltd had 100 000 shares on issue. All call money was received by 31 January 2016.
• On 29 June 2016 William Ltd reassessed the liability in relation to the court case as the
chances of winning the case had improved. The fair value was now considered to be $2000.
Required
Prepare the consolidation worksheet entries for the preparation by Zack Ltd of its consolidated
financial statements at 30 June 2016.
Land Dr 5 000
Deferred tax liability Cr 1 500
Business combination valuation reserve Cr 3 500
Inventory Dr 800
Deferred tax liability Cr 240
Business combination valuation reserve Cr 560
2. Pre-acquisition entries
At 1/7/15:
On 1 July 2013, Sam Ltd had recorded a dividend payable of $6000 and goodwill of $5000
(net of accumulated impairment losses of $7000). The dividend was paid in August 2013. In the
previous year’s annual report Sam Ltd had reported the existence of a contingent liability for
damages based upon a lawsuit by a customer who had slipped on some fallen fruit in one of the
stores operated by Sam Ltd. Ron Ltd calculated that this liability had a fair value of $10 000.
Sam Ltd also had some customer databases that were not recorded as assets but Ron Ltd placed
affair value of $6000 on these items. Sam Ltd believed that the databases had a future life of
4 years.
All of the identifiable assets and liabilities of Sam Ltd were recorded at amounts equal to their
fair values except for the following:
The plant had an expected remaining useful life of 10 years. The land was sold by Sam Ltd in
February 2015. The inventory was all sold by 30 June 2014.
In February 2016, Sam Ltd transferred $3000 of the reserves on hand at 1 July 2013 to
retained earnings. The remaining $2000 was transferred in February 2017.
The court case involving the damages sought by the customer was settled in May 2017.
Sam Ltd was required to pay $7500 to the customer.
Required
Prepare the consolidation worksheet entries for the preparation by Sam Ltd of its consolidated
financial statements at 30 June 2017.
At 1 July 2013:
Net fair value of identifiable assets
and liabilities of Sam Ltd = ($100 000 + $5 000 + 10 000) (equity)
+ $2 000 (1 – 30%) (plant)
+ $5 000 (1 – 30%) (land)
+ $4 000 (1 – 30%) (inventory)
+ $6 000 (1 – 30%) (data bases)
- $10 000 (1 -30%) (damages payable)
- $5 000 (goodwill)
= $114 900
Consideration transferred = $123 500 - $6 000 (dividend receivable)
= $117 500
Goodwill = $2 600
Recorded goodwill = $5 000
Unrecorded goodwill = $(2 400)
At 1/7/13:
* = $10 000 + $2 800 (BCVR - inventory) + $3 500 (BCVR – land) + $3 000 (reserve
transfer)
Numbat Ltd owns all of the shares of Goanna Ltd. In relation to the following intragroup
transactions, all parts of which are independent unless specified, prepare the consolidation
worksheet adjusting entries for preparation of the consolidated financial statements as at 30
June 2016.
(b) On 1 January 2014, Goanna Ltd sold a new tractor to Numbat Ltd for $30 000. This had
cost Goanna Ltd $24 000 on that day. Both entities charged depreciation at the rate of 10%
p.a. on cost.
(c) On 1 July 2015, Numbat Ltd sold an item of machinery to Goanna Ltd for $9000. This item
had cost Numbat Ltd $6000. Numbat Ltd regarded this item as inventory whereas Goanna
Ltd intended to use it as a non-current asset. Goanna Ltd charges depreciation at the rate
of 10% p.a. on cost.
(d) In February 2015, Numbat Ltd sold inventory to Goanna Ltd for $9000, at a mark-up of
20% on cost. One-quarter of this inventory was unsold by Goanna Ltd at 30 June 2015.
(e) Goanna Ltd sold land to Numbat Ltd in December 2015. The land had originally cost
Goanna Ltd $20 000, but was sold to Numbat Ltd for only $16 000. To help Numbat Ltd
pay for the land, Goanna Ltd gave Numbat Ltd an interest-free loan of $9000, and the
balance was paid in cash. Numbat Ltd has as yet made no repayments on the loan.
(f) On 1 July 2014, Goanna Ltd rented a spare warehouse to be used jointly by Numbat Ltd
and Galah Ltd with each company paying half the agreed rent to Goanna Ltd. The rent
paid to Goanna Ltd in the 2014–15 year was $300 while the rent paid in the 2015–16 year
was $350.
Asset Cr 3 000
OR
Asset Cr 3000
Tractors Cr 6 000
Machinery Cr 3 000
Land Dr 4 000
OR Land Dr 4 000
(30% x $4 000)
On 1 July 2015, Fluffy Ltd acquired all the issued shares of Glider Ltd. Fluffy Ltd paid $30 000
in cash and 20 000 shares in Fluffy Ltd valued at $3 per share. At this date, the equity of Glider
Ltd consisted of $66 000 share capital and $6000 retained earnings.
At 1 July 2015, all the identifiable assets and liabilities of Glider Ltd were recorded at
amounts equal to their fair values except for:
The plant was considered to have a further 5-year life. The patents were sold for $120 000 to
an external entity on 18 August 2015. The inventory was all sold by 30 June 2016.
Additional information
(a) Fluffy Ltd sells certain raw materials to Glider Ltd to be used in its manufacturing process.
At 1 July 2016, Glider Ltd held inventory sold to it by Fluffy Ltd in the previous year at a
profit of $600. During the 2016–17 year, Fluffy Ltd sold inventory to Glider Ltd for $21
000. None of this was on hand at 30 June 2017.
(b) Glider Ltd also sells items of inventory to Fluffy Ltd. During the 2016–17 year, Glider Ltd
sold goods to Fluffy Ltd for $4500. At 30 June 2017, inventory which had been sold to
Fluffy Ltd at a profit of $300 was still on hand in Fluffy Ltd’s inventory.
(c) On 1 July 2016, Glider Ltd sold an item of plant to Fluffy Ltd for $15 000. This plant had a
carrying amount in the records of Glider Ltd of $14 000 at time of sale. This type of plant is
depreciated at 10% p.a. on cost.
(d) On 1 January 2015, Fluffy Ltd sold an item of inventory to Glider Ltd for $18 000. The
inventory had cost Fluffy Ltd $16 000. This item was classified by Glider Ltd as plant.
Plant of this type is depreciated by Glider Ltd at 20% p.a.
(e) On 1 March 2017, Glider Ltd sold an item of plant to Fluffy Ltd. Whereas Glider Ltd
classified this as plant, Fluffy Ltd classified it as inventory. The sales price was $9000 which
included a profit to Glider Ltd of $1500. Fluffy Ltd sold this to another entity on 31 March
for $9900.
(f) The tax rate is 30%.
At 30 June 2017, the following financial information was provided by the two companies:
Required
Prepare a consolidation worksheet for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements
of Fluffy Ltd at 30 June 2017.
At 1 July 2015:
Goodwill Dr 2 250
Business combination valuation reserve Cr 2 250
2. Pre-acquisition entries
At 1/7/15:
At 30/6/17:
On 1 July 2015, Ghost Ltd acquired all the shares of Bat Ltd for $330 000 on an ex-div. basis.
On this date, the equity and liabilities of Bat Ltd included the following balances:
At acquisition date, all the identifiable assets and liabilities of Bat Ltd were recorded at
amounts equal to fair value except for:
Goodwill was not impaired in any period. The plant and equipment had a further 5-year life
at acquisition date and was expected to be used evenly over that time. The trademark was
considered to have an indefinite life. The machinery, which was estimated to have a further 4-
year life at acquisition date, was sold on 1 January 2017. Any adjustments for differences
between carrying amounts at acquisition date and fair values are made on consolidation.
During the year ended 30 June 2016, all inventories on hand at acquisition date were sold, and
the land was sold on 1 June 2017. Any valuation reserves created are transferred on
consolidation to retained earnings when assets are sold or fully consumed.
Additional information
(a) Of the interim dividend paid by Bat Ltd in the current year, $5000 was from profits before
acquisition date. All other dividends were from current year profits. Shareholder approval
is not required in relation to dividends.
(b) On 1 July 2016, Bat Ltd has on hand inventory worth $12 000, being transferred from
Ghost Ltd in June 2016. The inventory had previously cost Ghost Ltd $8000. On 31 March
2017, Bat Ltd transferred an item of plant with a carrying amount of $10 000 to Ghost Ltd
for $15 000. Ghost Ltd treated this item as inventory. The item was still on hand at the end
of the year. Bat Ltd applied a 20% depreciation rate to this plant.
(c) On 1 January 2017, Bat Ltd acquired $8000 inventory from Ghost Ltd. This inventory
originally cost Ghost Ltd $5000. The profit in inventory on hand at 30 June 2017 was
$1000.
(d) During the year ending 30 June 2017, Bat Ltd sold inventory costing $12 000 to Ghost Ltd
for $18 000. Two-thirds of this was sold to external parties for $9000.
(e) On 1 January 2016, Ghost Ltd sold furniture to Bat Ltd for $8000. This had originally cost
Ghost Ltd $12 000 and had a carrying amount at the time of sale of $7000. Both entities
charge depreciation at a rate of 10% p.a.
(f) Ghost Ltd sold some land to Bat Ltd in December 2016. The land had originally cost Ghost
Ltd $25 000, but was sold to Bat Ltd for only $20 000. To help Bat Ltd pay for the land,
Ghost Ltd gave Bat Ltd an interest-free loan of $12 000. Bat Ltd has as yet made no
repayments on the loan.
(g) The tax rate is 30%.
On 30 June 2017 the trial balances of Ghost Ltd and Bat Ltd were as follows:
Required
Prepare the consolidation worksheet for Ghost Ltd for the preparation of consolidated financial
statements at 30 June 2017.
At 1 July 2015:
Net fair value of identifiable assets,
liabilities and contingent liabilities
of Bat Ltd = ($200 000 + $25 000 + $45 000) (equity)
+ $10 000 (1 – 30%) (inventory)
+ $20 000 (1 –30%) (land)
+ $4 000 (1 – 30%) (plant & equipment)
+ $1 000 (1 – 30%) (machinery)
+ $10 000 (1 – 30%) (trademark)
- $25 000 (goodwill)
Net fair value acquired = $276 500
Cost of combination = $330 000
Goodwill acquired = $53 500
Unrecorded goodwill acquired = $53 500 – $25 000
= $28 500
Trademark Dr 10 000
Deferred tax liability Cr 3 000
Business combination valuation reserve Cr 7 000
Sales Dr 8 000
Cost of sales Cr 7 000
Inventory Cr 1 000
Sales Dr 18 000
Cost of sales Cr 16 000
Inventory Cr 2 000
9. Sale of Furniture
10. Depreciation
Land Dr 5 000
Gain (loss) on sale of non-current assets Cr 5 000
GHOST LTD
Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income
for financial year ended 30 June 2017
Income:
Sales revenue $376 000
Other income 73 000
449 000
Expenses:
Cost of sales 263 000
Other 94 825
333 800
Trading profit 81 175
Gains/(losses) on sale of non-current assets 26 375
Profit before income tax 117 550
Income tax expense 31 865
Profit for the period $85 685
Other items of comprehensive income 0
Comprehensive income $85 685
GHOST LTD
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the financial year ended 30 June 2017
Retained earnings:
Balance at 1 July 2016 $18 800
Profit for the period 85 685
Dividend paid (12 000)
Dividend declared (6 000)
Balance at 30 June 2017 $86 485
General reserve:
Balance at 1 July 2016 $20 000
Balance at 30 June 2017 $20 000
Share capital:
Balance at 1 July 2016 $312 000
Balance at 30 June 2017 $312 000
QUESTION 20.13 (cont’d)
GHOST LTD
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
as at 30 June 2017
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash $42 800
Inventories 62 000
Receivables 22 000
Total Current Assets 126 800
Non-current Assets
Property, plant and equipment
Land $80 000
Plant & Equipment $303 000
Accumulated depreciation (35 600) 267 400
Machinery $30 000
Accumulated depreciation (4 000) 26 000
Furniture $14 000
Accumulated depreciation (2 850) 11 150
Trademark 110 000
Goodwill 53 500
Tax assets: Deferred tax asset 12 855
Total Non-current Assets 560 905
Total Assets $687 705