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Unit 4: Consolidations and Eliminations

Figure 202: Calculation of Group Shares

Key points regarding the data in the previous image:

● You can view the data via the Display Group Journal Entries app.
● The investment data (FS item 172100) includes:
- The investment amounts.
- The % ownership in the quantity column.
- The C/I activity.
● TA owns 90% of SW. SW owns 75% of FR. Therefore, the group share for the world is
67.5%.

There are two unique sub-nodes in the group reporting configuration:

1. Preparation for Changes in the Consolidation Group - assign document types and define
tasks.

2. Consolidation of Investments - preconfigured settings, tasks, methods ...

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Lesson: Using Activity Based Purchase & Equity Method

Figure 203: Activity Based Configuration

In the Define Global Goodwill Items step, you specify the item roles and subitems for posting
positive or negative goodwill that are to be valid across methods for your consolidation of
investments. This data is system generated.

Figure 204: Activity Based Define Global Goodwill Items

Besides the selected FS items specified in the previous steps, the consolidation of
investments requires additional selected items for the automatic postings. In the Specify
Miscellaneous Selected Items step, you specify the item roles and subitems for these
postings. This data is system generated.

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