
Chapter 18: Consolidated accounts
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6.2 Consolidated income statement: the basic rules
A consolidated income statement brings together the sales revenue, income and
expenses of the parent and the sales revenue, income and expenses of its
subsidiaries.
The basic principle can be illustrated with a simple example. In the example below,
the subsidiary is 100% owned by the parent, and the acquisition did not occur in the
current year.
Example
Entity P owns 100% of the equity capital of Entity S, and has owned the shares for
several years. In the year just ended, the income statement of each entity was as
follows.
EntityP EntityS
$ $
Revenue 500,000 250,000
Costofsales (200,000) (80,000)
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Grossprofit 300,000 170,000
Otherincome 25,000 6,000
Distributioncosts (70,000) (60,000)
Administrativeexpenses (90,000) (50,000)
Otherexpenses (30,000) (18,000)
Financecosts (15,000) (8,000)
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Profitbeforetax 120,000 40,000
Incometaxexpense (45,000) (16,000)
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Profitfortheperiod 75,000 24,000
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In this situation, the figures for the parent and subsidiary are added together to
produce the consolidated income statement.
PGroup
Consolidatedincomestatementfortheyear
$
Revenue(500,000+250,000) 750,000
Costofsales(200,000+80,000) (280,000)
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Grossprofit 470,000
Otherincome(25,000+6,000) 31,000
Distributioncosts(70,000+60,000) (130,000)
Administrativeexpenses(90,000+50,000) (140,000)
Otherexpenses(30,000+18,000) (48,000)
Financecosts(15,000+8,000) (23,000)
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Profitbeforetax 160,000
Incometaxexpense(45,000+16,000) (61,000)
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Profitfortheperiod 99,000
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