What Are Consolidated Accounts

question 32

Multiple Choice

What are consolidated accounts?

• A)another name for ledger accounts.
• B)prepared by the parent company for a group of companies.
• C)are an amalgamation of a set of accounts for a group of companies as if the group was a single entity.
• D)Both B and C.

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Definitions:

Investment Center

A business unit or division that is responsible for its own revenues, expenses, and assets, and is evaluated based on its return on investment.

Return on Investment

A financial metric used to evaluate the efficiency or profitability of an investment relative to its cost.

Variable Costs

Costs that change in proportion to the good or service that a business produces.

Controllable Fixed Costs

Controllable fixed costs are expenses that a company has some degree of control over in the short term, despite them generally being fixed for a certain period.