Question

Penn Inc., a manufacturing company, owns 75 percent of the common stock of Sell Inc., an investment company. Sell owns 60 percent of the common stock of Vane Inc., an insurance company. In Penn's consolidated financial statements, should Sell and Vane be consolidated or reported as equity method investments (assuming there are no side agreements)?
A. Consolidation used for Sell and equity method used for Vane.
B. Consolidation used for both Sell and Vane.
C. Equity method used for Sell and consolidation used for Vane.
D. Equity method used for both Sell and Vane.

Answer 1

Answer:

Option B-Consolidation used for both Sell and Vane.

Explanation:

Both of the companies must be consolidated because the parent company controls both of the company and according to International Financial Reporting Standard, the companies that the parent company directly controls (75% ownership of Sell Inc. and 75% control) or indirectly controls (75%*60%= 45% ownership of Vane Inc. and 60% control of the company) must be consolidated. Here Penn Inc. controls both the subsidairies Sell Incorporation and Vane Incorporation, so they must be consolidated to group accounts.