Question: QUESTION 2 ( 3 7 marks ) Candy Ltd ( Candy ) and Cocoa Ltd ( Cocoa ) are two companies in the confectionery industry
QUESTION marks
Candy Ltd Candy and Cocoa Ltd Cocoa are two companies in the confectionery
industry who have a December financial year end.
The following trial balances were obtained from the financial records of Candy Ltd
Candy and Cocoa Ltd Cocoa for the financial year ended December :
Trial balance Candy Ltd
R
Cocoa Ltd
R
DR CR DR CR
Ordinary Share capital R
each
Retained earnings:
January
Trade and other payables
Deferred tax liability
Land
Plant and equipment
at carrying value
Trade and other
receivables
Inventory
Investment in Cocoa
at cost
Profit before tax
Income tax expense PL
Revaluation gain: Land
OCI
Tax expense on revaluation
gain: Land OCI
Notes:
On January Candy acquired of the ordinary share capital of Cocoa from
a third party and thereby obtained control over Cocoa.
The following information relates to the atacquisition matters:
The purchase consideration was paid in cash by Candy.
At the acquisition date, all the assets and liabilities of Cocoa were considered to
be fairly valued except for the following:
Inventory which was considered to be R higher than its carrying value.
Land which was considered to have a fair value of R The land is
Cocoas only piece of land which they purchased for R on December
The fair value of Cocoas land on December was still the same as the cost
however on December it was considered to be R Cocoa
therefore subsequently revalued the land in its own records for the first time on
December
Cocoa sold all of its at acquisition inventory to third parties at a profit of R
by the end of December
Since the acquisition date, a monthly management fee of R is paid by Cocoa
to Candy. There were no management fees outstanding at the financial year end.
From September Cocoa started to sell inventory to Candy which Candy
then sells to third parties. All inventory sales to Candy are made at cost plus
R of the closing inventory of R in Candys records was purchased
from Cocoa. Additional information:
Candy accounts for investments in subsidiaries at cost in accordance with IAS
a in its separate financial statements.
Both Candy and Cocoa measure their plant and equipment using the cost model
as per IAS in their respective separate financial statements
Cocoa measures their Land using the revaluation model as per IAS in their
separate financial statements.
Candy elected to measure the noncontrolling interest in Cocoa at its
proportionate share of Cocoas identifiable net assets at acquisition date.
There have been no changes to the share capital eg number of shares in
issue of Cocoa since Candys initial investment in Cocoa on January
For all financial years, the company Income Tax rate is and of Capital
Gains are included in taxable income.
Ignore the effects of Dividend Tax and Value Added Tax VAT
REQUIRED:
Prepare the pro forma journal entries required to prepare the consolidated financial
statements of the Candy Ltd group for the year ended December in
accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards.
Instructions:
Where pro forma journal entries affect the Profit and Loss accounts, be specific as
to which account it is eg Depreciation: Vehicles Cocoa LtdPL In other
words, do not merely write Profit before tax.
Show and reference all your workings and calculations clearly.
Date and narrations are not required.
Round off to the nearest Rand, where applicable.
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