Marshall Corporation has 10,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 100,000,000 shares of Class B common stock outstanding The Class A common stock has 60 percent of the voting rights and the Class B stock has the other 40 percent All shares have equal dividend rights Randolph Corporation owns 8...

a Randolph owns 64 of the voting rights 64 8 x 60 4 x 40 and meets the majority ownership test for c ...

Marshall Corporation has 10,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 100,000,000 shares of Class B common

Question:

Marshall has 10,000,000 shares of Class A and 100,000,000 shares of Class B outstanding. The Class A has 60 percent of the voting rights and the Class B stock has the other 40 percent. All shares have equal rights. Randolph owns 80 percent of the Class A shares and 40 percent of the Class B shares.
Required
a. Following U.S. GAAP, should Randolph consolidate Marshall? Explain.
b. Following IFRS, should Randolph consolidate Marshall? Explain.
c. Repeat parts a and b assuming Randolph owns no Class B shares and a single investor owns them all.
d. Repeat parts a and b assuming Randolph owns 70 percent of the Class A shares and ownership of all other shares is widely dispersed.
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