A Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Reports the Financial Position

question 179

Essay

A consolidated statement of financial position reports the financial position of two or more legal entities just as if they were one reporting unit. Explain why all the individual items appearing on the separate statement of financial positions of each of the affiliated companies cannot be added together to arrive at a consolidated total for each item.

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