Consolidated financial statements are presented on the basis that the companies within the group are treated as if they are a single economic entity.

Which of the following are the requirements of preparing consolidated financial statements?

1) All subsidiaries must adopt the accounting policies of the parent in their individual financial statements

2) Subsidiaries with activities which are different to the activities of the other members of the group should not be consolidated

3) All entity financial statements within a group should normally be prepared to the same accounting year end prior to consolidation

4) Unrealised profits within the group must be eliminated from the consolidated financial statements

Group of answer choices

3) and 4)

2) and 4)

1) and 3)

1) and 2)