PRINCIPLES OF
GROUP ACCOUNTING
REVISION
CHAPTER 2
ACCOUNTING FOR BUSINESS COMBINATION
THEORETICAL
QUESTIONS
1. BUSINESS COMBINATION
2. FORMS OF BUSINESS COMBINATION
3. ACCOUNTING METHODS
4. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST
5. GOODWILL
6. COST OF COMBINATION
7. PRESENTATION
1. What is a business combination?
the combination of separate business entities
or separate business activities into one
reporting entity
2. Forms of
business
combination?
Merger : Occurs when one corporation
takes over all the operations of another
business entity and that other entity is
dissolved.
Consolidation : Occurs when a new
corporation is formed to take over the
assets and operations of two or more
separate business entities and dissolves
the previously separate entities.
A stock acquisition: Occurs when one
corporation pays cash or issues stock or
debt for all or part of the voting stock of
another company, and the acquired
company remains intact as a separate
legal entity.