Xplc acquired 80 per cent of the ordinary share capital of Y plc on 1 January 2006

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Xplc acquired 80 per cent of the ordinary share capital of Y plc on 1 January 2006 for £300,000.

The lists of balances of the two companies at 31 December 2006 were as follows:

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(a) A remittance of £2,000 from Y plc to X plc in December 2006 was not received by X plc until January 2007.

(b) Goods, with an invoice value of £3,000, were despatched by X pic in December 2006 but not received by Y plc until January 2007. The profit element included in this amount was £400.
(Q. Included in the stock of Y plc at 31 December 2006 were goods purchased from X plc for £10,000. The profit element included in this amount was £2,000.

(d) No interim dividend was paid in 2006 by either company.

(e) Current accounts are the intragroup balances outstanding.

(f) Goodwill is not amortised.
(g) Y plc has proposed a dividend of £10,000 be paid. It is unpaid at 31 December 2006 and is not provided for in the above trial balances.

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Prepare a consolidated balance sheet for X plc and its subsidiary Y plc as at 31 December 2006.

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Business Accounting Uk Gaap Volume 2

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Authors: Alan Sangster, Frank Wood

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