Question 10 Pepper bought 70% of Salt on 1 July 2016. The following are the statements of profit or loss of Pepper and Salt for the year ended 31 March 2017. Pepper Salt GHS000 GHS000 Revenue 31,200 10,400 Cost of sales (17,800) (5,600) Gross profit 13,400 4,800 Operating expenses (8,500) (3,200) Profit from operations 4,900 1,600 Investment income 2,000 Profit before tax 6,900 1,600 Tax (2,100) (500) Profit for the year 4,800 1,100 The following information is available: 1. On 1 July 2016, an item of plant in the books of Salt had a fair value of GHS5,000,000 in excess of its carrying amount. At this time, the plant had a remaining life of 10 years. Depreciation is charged to cost of sales. 2. During the post-acquisition period Salt sold goods to Pepper for GHS4,400,000. Of this amount, GHS500,000 was included in the inventory of Pepper at the year-end. Salt earns a 35% margin on its sales. 3. Goodwill amounting to GHS800,000 arose on the acquisition of Salt, which had been measured using the fair value method. Goodwill is to be impaired by 10% at the year-end. Impairment losses should be charged to operating expenses. 4. Salt paid a dividend of GHS500,000 on 1 January 2017. Required: Prepare the consolidated statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 2017. Question 11 P Ltd acquired 70% of S Ltd three years ago, when S Ltd.s retained earnings were GHS430,000. The financial statements of each company for the year ended 31 March 2017 are as follows: Statements of financial position as at 31 March 2017 P Ltd S Ltd GHS000 GHS000 Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 900 400 Investment in S Ltd 700 Current assets 300 600 1,900 1,000 Share capital (GHS1) 200 150 Other components of equity 50 Retained earnings 1,350 700 1,600 850 Non-current liabilities 100 90 Current liabilities 200 60 1,900 1,000 Statements of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 2017 P Ltd S Ltd GHS000 GHS000 Revenue 1,000 260 Cost of sales (750) (80) Gross profit 250 180 Operating expenses (60) (35) Profit from operations 190 145 Finance costs (25) (15) Investment income 20 Profit before tax 180 130 Tax (100) (30) Profit for the year 85 100 You are provided with the following additional information: 1. S Ltd had plant in its statement of financial position at the date of acquisition with a carrying amount of GHS100,000 but a fair value of GHS120,000. The plant had a remaining life of 10 years at acquisition. Depreciation is charged to cost of sales. 2. The P Ltd group values the non-controlling interests at fair value. The fair value of the non-controlling interests at the date of acquisition was GHS250,000. Goodwill has been impaired by a total of 30% of its value at the reporting date, of which one-third related to the current year. 3. At the start of the year P Ltd transferred a machine to S Ltd for GHS15,000. The asset had a remaining useful economic life of 3 years at the date of transfer. It had a carrying amount of GHS12,000 in the books of P Ltd at the date of transfer. 4. During the year S Ltd sold some goods to P Ltd for GHS60,000at a mark-up of 20%. 40% of the goods remained unsold at the year-end. At the year-end, S Ltds books showed a receivables balance of GHS6,000 as being due from P Ltd. This disagreed with the payables balance of GHS1,000 in P Ltds books due to P Ltd having sent a cheque to S Ltd shortly before the year end which S Ltd had not yet received. 5. S Ltd paid a dividend of GHS20,000 on 1 March 2017. Required: Prepare the consolidated statement of financial position and consolidated statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 2017.