Why do parent companies disregard the legal boundaries of entities, and report consolidated financial statements as a single economic entity? 

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to provide useful information 

to financial statement users about all the resources under the control of parent company management so the equity claims of noncontrolling shareholders 

to net assets and net income are transparent to prevent duplication of effort 

to eliminate cumbersome analysis when reporting minority interests.

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