Patula Co acquired 80% of Sanka Co on 1 October 20X5. At this date, some of Sanka Co’s inventory had a carrying amount of $600,000 but a fair value of $800,000. By 31 December 20X5, 70% of this inventory had been sold by Sanka Co.

The individual statements of financial position at 31 December 20X5 for both companies show the following: Patula Co Sanka Co

$’000 $’000

Inventories 3,250 1,940

What will be the total inventories figure in the consolidated statement of financial position of Patula Co as at 31 December 20X5?

Rooney Co acquired 70% of the equity share capital of Marek Co, its only subsidiary, on 1 January 20X6. The fair value of the non-controlling interest in Marek Co at acquisition was $1·1m. At that date the fair values of Marek Co’s net assets were equal to their carrying amounts, except for a building which had a fair value of $1·5m above its carrying amount and 30 years remaining useful life.

During the year to 31 December 20X6, Marek Co sold goods to Rooney Co, giving rise to an unrealised profit in inventory of $550,000 at the year end. Marek Co’s profit after tax for the year ended 31 December 20X6 was $3·2m.

What amount will be presented as the non-controlling interest in the consolidated statement of financial position of Rooney Co as at 31 December 20X6?

On 1 October 20X5, Anita Co purchased 75,000 of Binita Co’s 100,000 equity shares when Binita Co’s retained earnings amounted to $90,000.

What is the total equity attributable to the owners of Anita Co that should appear in Anita Co’s consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 September 20X7?

Pact acquired 80% of the equity shares of Sact on 1 July 2014, paying $3·00 for each share acquired. This represented a premium of 20% over the market price of Sact’s shares at that date.

The only fair value adjustment required to Sact’s net assets on consolidation was a $20,000 increase in the value of its land.

Pact’s policy is to value non-controlling interests at fair value at the date of acquisition. For this purpose the market price of Sact’s shares at that date can be deemed to be representative of the fair value of the shares held by the non-controlling interest.

What would be the carrying amount of the non-controlling interest of Sact in the consolidated statement of financial position of Pact as at 31 March 2015?

Tibet acquired a new office building on 1 October 2014.

The estimated lives of the building structure and air conditioning system are 25 years and 10 years respectively. When the air conditioning system is due for replacement, it is estimated that the old system will be dismantled and sold for $500,000. Depreciation is time apportioned where appropriate.

At what amount will the office building be shown in Tibet’s statement of financial position as at 31 March 2015?

Wilmslow acquired 80% of the equity shares of Zeta on 1 April 2014 when Zeta’s retained earnings were $200,000. During the year ended 31 March 2015, Zeta purchased goods from Wilmslow totalling $320,000. At 31 March 2015, one quarter of these goods were still in the inventory of Zeta. Wilmslow applies a mark-up on cost of 25% to all of its sales.

At 31 March 2015, the retained earnings of Wilmslow and Zeta were $450,000 and $340,000 respectively.

What would be the amount of retained earnings in Wilmslow’s consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 March 2015?

Under certain circumstances, profits made on transactions between members of a group need to be eliminated from the consolidated financial statements under IFRS.

Which of the following statements about intra-group profits in consolidated financial statements is/are correct?

(i) The profit made by a parent on the sale of goods to a subsidiary is only realised when the subsidiary sells the goods to a third party

(ii) Eliminating intra-group unrealised profits never affects non-controlling interests

(iii) The profit element of goods supplied by the parent to an associate and held in year-end inventory must be eliminated in full

Johnson paid $1·2 million for a 30% investment in Treem’s equity shares on 1 August 2014.

Treem’s profit after tax for the year ended 31 March 2015 was $750,000. On 31 March 2015, Treem had $300,000 goods in its inventory which it had bought from Johnson in March 2015. These had been sold by Johnson at a mark-up on cost of 20%. Treem has not paid any dividends.

On the assumption that Treem is an associate of Johnson, what would be the carrying amount of the investment in Treem in the consolidated statement of financial position of Johnson as at 31 March 2015?

Hindberg is a car retailer. On 1 April 2014, Hindberg sold a car to Latterly on the following terms:

The selling price of the car was $25,300. Latterly paid $12,650 (half of the cost) on 1 April 2014 and would pay the remaining $12,650 on 31 March 2016 (two years after the sale). Hindberg’s cost of capital is 10% per annum.

What is the total amount which Hindberg should credit to profit or loss in respect of this transaction in the year ended 31 March 2015?