Goodwill in consolidation
Goodwill in consolidation means the excess of cost to the parent company of its investment in a subsidiary over the parent portion of equity of the subsidiary at the date on which investment in the subsidiary is made. This should be recognised as Goodwill in the consolidated financial statement of the parent company.
I want to explain this with example for more clarity
Company X has acquired 51% of the shares of company Y. So X will be parent company and Y will be subsidiary company. If that shares are acquired for RS. 10000 on 31.3.11, on which date the equity in the books of company is RS, 15000. Here euity means both sharecapital and resurves on the date of acuisition.
Then at the time of preparartion of Consolidated Financia Statement the parent company X shoud show good will amount of RS.
This can be assertined as follows
amount paid for shares Rs. 10000
less euity portion of parent in sbusidiary Rs. 7650 (15000*51%)
goodwill will be Rs. 2350
And this will be shown in the Consolidated Financial Statements only. And not in the Stand Alone Financial Statements of the Parent Company.
Goodwill in amalgamation
Goodwill in amalgamation will arise only in tha case of amalgamation in the nature of purchase. This is because the assets and liabilities will be restated to their fair value and actual liability value. This good will will be shown in the books of amalgamated company. Where as the goodwill in case of consoidation will be shown in the CFS only. The goodwill in amalgamation will come into CFS also if the acquiring co. is having saubsidiary.
And finally Good will in consolidation will arise in the case of one company acquire the shares of another company and become the holding company in which case both holding and subsidiary co.s are in existence. Goodwill in amalgamation arise when one co. aquires another company and that other co. ceased to exists.
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