Advanced Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259916977
Author: Christensen, Theodore E., COTTRELL, David M., Budd, Cassy
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Consolidation of accounts: When a company acquires significant influence in another company, then that company is known as holding company. The holding company needs to consolidate its accounts with the subsidiary.
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a. Acquisition related costs such as finder’s fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional and consulting fees; and general administrative costs, including the costs of maintain an internal acquisitions department shall be recognized as expense in the Profit/Loss in the periods in which the costs are incurred.
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