R Limited is a listed company engaged in manufacture of round bars. The company is having investment in the following components: (i) 2 Subsidiary…

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R Limited is a listed company engaged in manufacture of round bars. The company is having investment in the following components: (i) 2 Subsidiary Companies (ii) 1 Joint Venture Company (iii) 2 Associate Companies (iv) 3 Business entities under common control (v) Interest in assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses in a joint operation with 1 Company R Limited and all its components are required to present their accounts as per Ind AS. While preparing consolidated financial statements, R Limited consolidated its components on a line-by-line basis by adding together like items of assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and cash flows. R Limited seeks your advice on the accounting treatment in respect of the above components for consolidation in accordance with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015.

Suggested Answer and Working Notes:

For consolidation of subsidiaries in accordance with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015: the financial statements of the parent and its subsidiaries are combined as per Ind AS 110, “Consolidated Financial Statements" on a line-by-line basis by adding together like items of assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and cash flows;related goodwill/ capital reserve (or gain on bargain purchase) and non-controlling interest is determined as per Ind AS 103;business combinations involving entities or businesses under common control shall be accounted for using the pooling of interest method in accordance with Ind AS 103;adjustments like elimination of intra-group transactions, balances, unrealised profits and deferred tax etc. are made in accordance with the requirements of Ind AS 110;investments in associates and joint ventures are accounted for using the Equity Method as prescribed in Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 28, "Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures". Interests in assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses in a joint operation are accounted for as part of separate financial statements of the entity in accordance with Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 111, “Joint Arrangements";in a business combination achieved in stages, the acquirer shall remeasure its previously held equity interest in the acquiree at its acquisition-date fair value and recognise the resulting gain or loss, if any, in profit or loss or other comprehensive income, as appropriate in accordance with Ind AS 103. In the given situation, R Limited is, a listed company having investment in the (i) 2 Subsidiary Companies, (ii) 1 Joint Venture Company, (iii) 2 Associate Companies, (iv) 3 Business entities under common control, (v) Interest in assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses in a joint operation with 1 Company. R Limited and all its components are required to present their accounts as per Ind AS. In view of above, R Limited consolidated its components on a line-by-line basis by adding together like items of assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and cash flows while preparing its consolidated financial statements which is correct for the subsidiaries, however the treatment is not correct for other components as per abovementioned Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015.

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