A new employee has been given responsibility for preparing the consolidated financial statements of Sample Company. After attempting to work alone for some time, the employee seeks assistance in gaining a better overall understanding of the way in which the consolidation process works. You have been asked to provide assistance in explaining the consolidation process. The employee is asking you to respond to the following questions. Please provide full explanations and use examples to support your work.

1- Identify the eliminating entries be entered in the consolidation worksheet each time consolidated statements are prepared ?

2- Explain the process How is the beginning-of-period and end-of-period noncontrolling interest balance determined?

3- discuss critically the reasons stating which of the subsidiary's account balances must always be eliminated?

4- justify why the parent company's account balances must always be eliminated ? the answer should be 800 - 1000 words