A consolidated financial statement (CFS) is the "financial statement of a group in which the assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows of the parent company and its subsidiaries are presented as those of a single economic entity", according to the definitions stated in International Accounting Standard 27, "Consolidated and separate financial statements", and International Financial Reporting Standard 10, "Consolidated financial statements".

Consolidated statement of financial position

While preparing a consolidated financial statement, there are two basic procedures that need to be followed: first, cancelling out all the items that are accounted as an asset in one company and a liability in another, and then adding together all uncancelled items. There are two main type of items that cancel each other out from the consolidated statement of financial position.

Goodwill arising on consolidation

Goodwill is treated as an intangible asset in the consolidated statement of financial position. It arises in cases where the cost of purchase of shares is not equal to their par value. For example, if a company buys shares of another company worth $40,000 for $60,000, there is a goodwill worth $20,000. Proforma for calculating goodwill is as follows: Goodwill Fair value of consideration transferred Plus fair value of non-controlled interest at acquisition Less ordinary share capital of subsidiary company Less share premium of subsidiary company Less retained earnings of subsidiary company at acquisition date Less fair value adjustments at acquisition date

Non-controlled interest

If the parent company does not buy 100% of shares of the subsidiary company, there is a proportion of the net assets owned by the external company. This proportion that is related to outside investors is called the non-controlling interest (NCI). The proforma for calculating the NCI is as follows: Non-controlling interest Fair value of NCI at acquisition date Plus NCI's share of post-acquisition retained earnings or other reserves

NCI at the reporting date

Intra-group trading

In a group of companies, they can have trade relations with each other. For example, company A buys goods for one price and sells them to another company inside the group for another price. Thus, company A has earned some revenue from selling, but the group as a whole did not make any profit out of that transaction. Until those goods are sold to an outsider company, the group has unrealised profit.