Accounting Aspects
Accounting Aspects
RESTRUCTURING
STRATEGIES
By Ajay Lunawat
B.Com., FCA, DISA (Dip), IFRS (Cert), SAP (FI-CA)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Accounting
Aspects of
M&A’s
RELEVANT ACCOUNTING
STANDARDS
Amalgamation in the
nature of merger when
any one or more of the
conditions specified is
not satisfied
ACCOUNTING METHODS
FOR AMALGAMATION AS
PER AS 14
Types of
Amalgamatio
n
Pooling of
Purchase
Interest
Method
Method
POOLING OF INTEREST
METHOD
Only minimal changes are made in aggregating the individual
financial statements of the amalgamating companies.
The assets, liabilities and reserves (whether capital or revenue
or arising on revaluation) of the transferor company should be
recorded at their existing carrying amounts and in the same
form as at the date of the amalgamation.
The balance of the Profit and Loss Account of the transferor
company should be aggregated with the corresponding
balance of the transferee company or transferred to the
General Reserve, if any.
The difference between the amount recorded as share capital
issued (plus any additional consideration in the form of cash
or other assets) and the amount of share capital of the
transferor company should be adjusted in reserves.
PURCHASE METHOD
The assets and liabilities of the transferor company should be
incorporated at their existing carrying amounts or, alternatively, the
consideration should be allocated to individual identifiable assets and
liabilities on the basis of their fair values at the date of amalgamation.
The reserves (whether capital or revenue or arising on revaluation) of
the transferor company, other than the statutory reserves, should not
be included in the financial statements of the transferee company
except as in case of statutory reserve.
Any excess of the amount of the consideration over the value of the
net assets of the transferor company acquired by the transferee
company should be recognized in the transferee company’s financial
statements as goodwill arising on amalgamation.
If the amount of the consideration is lower than the value of the net
assets acquired, the difference should be treated as Capital Reserve.
PURCHASE CONSIDERATION
The consideration for amalgamation means the
aggregate of the shares and other securities issued and
the payment made in the form of cash or other assets by
the transferee company to the shareholders of the
transferor company.