Pretend your client is the owner of a privately held manufacturing company with two operational subsidiaries.
Your client wants to consider expanding his investment in Subsidiary 1 and he is willing to consider purchasing additional shares to expand his influence.
Your client is also considering reducing or eliminating his investment in Subsidiary 2.
Please respond to all of the following prompts in the class discussion section of your online course:
Your client has asked you to prepare a summary of the accounting issues he should consider in both the expansion of his investment in Subsidiary 1 and the
reduction of his investment in Subsidiary 2.
Begin a discussion with your colleagues about the various accounting issues that must be considered.