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,ACCESS Test Bank for Advanced Accounting 15th Edition Hoyle
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Chapterm01m-mThemEquitymMethodmofmAccountingmformInvestmentsm –
mHoyle,mSchaefer,mDoupnik,mAdvancedm
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CHAPTER 1 m m



THE EQUITY METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FOR INVESTMENTS
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ChaptermOutline

I. Fourmmethodsmaremprincipallymusedmtomaccountmformanminvestmentminmequitymsecuritiesmal
ongmwithmamfairmvaluemoption.

A. Fairmvaluemmethod:mappliedmbymanminvestormwhenmonlymamsmallmpercentagem
ofmamcompany’smvotingmstockmismheld.

1. Theminvestormrecognizesmincomemwhenmtheminvesteemdeclaresmamdividend.

2. Portfoliosmaremreportedmatmfairmvalue.mIfmfairmvaluesmaremunavailable,minvestmen
tmismreportedmatmcost.

B. CostmMethod:mappliedmtominvestmentsmwithoutmamreadilymdeterminablemfairmvalue.mWh
enmthemfairmvaluemofmanminvestmentminmequitymsecuritiesmismnotmreadilymdeterminable,m
andmtheminvestmentmprovidesmneithermsignificantminfluencemnormcontrol,mtheminvestment
mmaymbemmeasuredmatmcost.mTheminvestmentmremainsmatmcostmunless



1. Amdemonstrablemimpairmentmoccursmformtheminvestment,mor

2. Anmobservablempricemchangemoccursmformidenticalmormsimilarminvestmentsmofmthemsa
memissuer.
Theminvestormtypicallymrecognizesmitsmsharemofminvesteemdividendsmdeclaredmasmdivide
ndmincome.

C. Consolidation:mwhenmonemfirmmcontrolsmanotherm(e.g.,mwhenmamparentmhasmammajorit
yminterestminmthemvotingmstockmofmamsubsidiarymormcontrolmthroughmvariableminterests,
mtheirm
financialmstatementsmaremconsolidatedmandmreportedmformthemcombinedmentity.

D. Equitymmethod:mappliedmwhenmtheminvestormhasmthemabilitymtomexercisemsignific
antminfluencemovermoperatingmandmfinancialmpoliciesmofmtheminvestee.

1. Abilitymtomsignificantlyminfluenceminvesteemismindicatedmbymseveralmfactorsmincludi
ngmrepresentationmonmthemboardmofmdirectors,mparticipationminmpolicy-
making,metc.

2. GAAPmguidelinesmpresumemthemequitymmethodmismapplicablemifm20mtom50mpercentmofm
themoutstandingmvotingmstockmofmtheminvesteemismheldmbymtheminvestor.

Currentmfinancialmreportingmstandardsmallowmfirmsmtomelectmtomusemfairmvaluemformanymnewmin
vestmentminmequitymsharesmincludingmthosemwheremthemequitymmethodmwouldmotherwisemappl
y.mHowever,mthemoption,moncemtaken,mismirrevocable.mTheminvestormrecognizesmbothminveste
emdividendsmandmchangesminmfairmvaluemovermtimemasmincome.




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m m m m m m m m




Chapterm01m-mThemEquitymMethodmofmAccountingmformInvestmentsm –
mHoyle,mSchaefer,mDoupnik,mAdvancedm
Accounting,m15e

II. Accountingmformanminvestment:mthemequitymmethod

A. Theminvestormadjustsmtheminvestmentmaccountmtomreflectmallmchangesminmthemequitymof
mthem
investeemcompany.

B. Theminvestormaccruesminvesteemincomemwhenmitmismreportedminmtheminvestee’smfinan
cialmstatements.

C. Dividendsmdeclaredmbymtheminvesteemcreatemamreductionminmthemcarryingmamountmofmth
emInvestmentmaccount.mThismbookmassumesmallminvesteemdividendsmaremdeclaredmand
mpaidm
inmthemsamemreportingmperiod.

III. Specialmaccountingmproceduresmusedminmthemapplicationmofmthemequitymmethod
A. Reportingmamchangemtomthemequitymmethodmwhenmthemabilitymtomsignificantlyminfluence
manminvesteemismachievedmthroughmamseriesmofmacquisitions.
1. Initialmpurchase(s)mwillmbemaccountedmformbymmeansmofmthemfairmvaluemmethodm(o
rmatmcost)muntilmthemabilitymtomsignificantlyminfluencemismattained.
2. Whenmthemabilitymtomexercisemsignificantminfluencemoccursmfollowingmamseriesmofmst
ockmpurchases,mtheminvestormappliesmthemequitymmethodmprospectively.mThemtotalmf
airmvaluematmthemdatemsignificantminfluencemismattainedmismcomparedmtomtheminveste
e’smbookmvaluemtomdeterminemfuturemexcessmfairmvaluemamortizations.
B. Investeemincomemfrommothermthanmcontinuingmoperations
1. Theminvestormrecognizesmitsmsharemofminvesteemreportedmothermcomprehensi
vemincomem(OCI)mthroughmtheminvestmentmaccountmandmtheminvestor’smownm
OCI.
2. Incomemitemsmsuchmasmdiscontinuedmoperationsmthatmaremreportedmseparatelymbymt
heminvesteemshouldmbemshownminmthemsamemmannermbymtheminvestor.mThemmateriali
tymofmthesemotherminvesteemincomemelementsm(asmitmaffectsmtheminvestor)mcontinue
smtombemamcriterionmformseparatemdisclosure.
C. Investeemlosses
1. Lossesmreportedmbymtheminvesteemcreatemcorrespondingmlossesmformtheminvestor.
2. Ampermanentmdeclineminmthemfairmvaluemofmanminvestee’smstockmshouldmbemrecogni
zedmimmediatelymbymtheminvestormasmanmimpairmentmloss.
3. Investeemlossesmcanmpossiblymreducemthemcarryingmvaluemofmtheminvestmentmaccou
ntmtomamzerombalance.mAtmthatmpoint,mthemequitymmethodmceasesmtombemapplicablema
ndmthemfair-valuemmethodmismsubsequentlymused.
D. Reportingmthemsalemofmanmequityminvestment
1. Theminvestormappliesmthemequitymmethodmuntilmthemdisposalmdatemtomestablishmampro
permbookmvalue.
2. Followingmthemsale,mthemequitymmethodmcontinuesmtombemappropriatemifmenoughmsha
resmaremstillmheldmtommaintainmtheminvestor’smabilitymtomsignificantlyminfluencemtheminv
estee.mIfmthatmabilitymhasmbeenmlost,mthemfair-valuemmethodmismsubsequentlymused.

IV. Excessminvestmentmcostmovermbookmvaluemacquired
A. Thempricemanminvestormpaysmformequitymsecuritiesmoftenmdiffersmsignificantlymfromm
theminvestee’smunderlyingmbookmvaluemprimarilymbecausemthemhistoricalmcostmbase
dmaccountingmmodelmdoesmnotmkeepmtrackmofmchangesminmamfirm’smfairmvalue.
B. Paymentsmmademinmexcessmofmunderlyingmbookmvaluemcanmsometimesmbemidentifiedm
withmspecificminvesteemaccountsmsuchmasminventorymormequipment.
C. Anmextramacquisitionmpricemcanmalsombemassignedmtomanticipatedmbenefitsmthatmaremex
pectedmtombemderivedmfrommtheminvestment.mInmaccounting,mthesemamountsmarempresu
medmtomreflectmanmintangiblemassetmreferredmtomasmgoodwill.mGoodwillmismcalculated
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m m m m m m m m




Chapterm01m-mThemEquitymMethodmofmAccountingmformInvestmentsm –
mHoyle,mSchaefer,mDoupnik,mAdvancedm
Accounting,m15e

asmanymexcessmpaymentmthatmismnotmattributablemtomspecificmidentifiablemassetsmandmliabil
itiesmofmtheminvestee.mBecausemgoodwillmismanmindefinite-
livedmasset,mitmismnotmamortized.

V. Deferralmofmintra-entitymgrossmprofitminminventory
A. Theminvestor’smsharemofmintra-
entitymprofitsminmendingminventorymaremnotmrecognizedmuntilmthemtransferredmgoodsmarem
eithermconsumedmormuntilmtheymaremresoldmtomunrelatedmparties.
B. Downstreammsalesmofminventory
1. “Downstream”mrefersmtomtransfersmmadembymtheminvestormtomtheminvestee.
2. Intra-
entitymgrossmprofitsmfrommsalesmareminitiallymdeferredmundermthemequitymmethodman
dmthenmrecognizedmasmincomematmthemtimemofmtheminventory’smeventualmdisposal.
3. Themamountmofmgrossmprofitmtombemdeferredmismtheminvestor’smownershipmpercent
agemmultipliedmbymthemmarkupmonmthemmerchandisemremainingmatmthemendmofmthem
year.
C. Upstreammsalesmofminventory
1. “Upstream”mrefersmtomtransfersmmadembymtheminvesteemtomtheminvestor.
2. Undermthemequitymmethod,mthemdeferralmprocessmformintra-
entitymgrossmprofitsmismidenticalmformupstreammandmdownstreammtransfers.mThempro
ceduresmaremseparatelymidentifiedminmChaptermOnembecausemthemhandlingmdoesmv
arymwithinmthemconsolidationmprocess.


AnswersmtomDiscussionmQuestions
Themtextbookmincludesmdiscussionmquestionsmtomstimulatemstudentmthoughtmandmdiscussion.mThes
emquestionsmaremalsomdesignedmtomallowmstudentsmtomconsidermrelevantmissuesmthatmmightmotherwi
sembemoverlooked.mSomemofmthesemquestionsmmaymbemaddressedmbymtheminstructorminmclassmtommo
tivatemstudentmdiscussion.mStudentsmshouldmbemencouragedmtombeginmbymdefiningmthemissue(s)minm
eachmcase.mNext,mauthoritativemaccountingmliteraturem(FASBmASC)mormothermrelevantmliteraturemca
nmbemconsultedmasmampreliminarymstepminmarrivingmatmlogicalmactions.mFrequently,mthemFASBmAccou
ntingmStandardsmCodificationmwillmprovidemthemnecessarymsupport.

Unfortunately,minmaccounting,mdefinitivemresolutionsmtomfinancialmreportingmquestionsmaremnotmalwa
ysmavailable.mStudentsmoftenmseemmtombelievemthatmallmaccountingmissuesmhavembeenmresolvedminmt
hempastmsomthatmaccountingmeducationmismonlymammattermofmlearningmtomapplymhistoricallymprescribe
dmprocedures.mHowever,minmactualmpractice,mthemonlymrealmanswermismoftenmthemonemthatmprovidesm
themfairestmrepresentationmofmthemfirm’smtransactions.mIfmanmauthoritativemsolutionmismnotmavailable,m
studentsmshouldmbemdirectedmtomlistmallmofmthemissuesminvolvedmandmthemconsequencesmofmpossible
malternativemactions.mThemvariousmfactorsmpresentedmcanmbemweighedmtomproducemamviablemsolutio

n.

Themdiscussionmquestionsmaremdesignedmtomhelpmstudentsmdevelopmresearchmandmcriticalmthink
ingmskillsminmaddressingmissuesmthatmgombeyondmthempurelymmechanicalmelementsmofmaccountin
g.

DidmthemCostmMethodmInvitemManipulation?
Themcostmmethodmofmaccountingmforminvestmentsmoftenmcausedmamlackmofmobjectivityminmreportedmi
ncomemfigures.mWithmamlargemblockmofmtheminvestee’smvotingmshares,manminvestormcouldminfluencem
themamountmandmtimingmofmtheminvestee’smdividendmdeclarations.mThus,mwhenmenjoyingmamgoodmea
rningsmyear,manminvestormmightminfluencemtheminvesteemtomwithholdmdeclaringmamdividendmuntilmnee
dedminmamsubsequentmyear.mAlternatively,mifmtheminvestormjudgedmthatmitsmcurrentmyearmearningsm“n
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