Business Consolidation Quiz

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What does consolidation refer to in the context of financial accounting?

Legally combining two or more organizations into a single new one

Blending together of two or more undertakings into one undertaking

Aggregation of financial statements of a group company as consolidated financial statements (correct)

Treatment of a group of companies and other entities as one entity for tax purposes

What is the economic motivation for consolidation in business?

Access to new technologies/techniques

Seeking for hidden or nonperforming assets belonging to a target company (e.g. real estate)

Bigger companies tend to have superior bargaining power over their suppliers and clients (correct)

All of the above

What happens to the original organizations upon consolidation in business?

They become subsidiaries of a larger company

They continue to operate independently

They are legally combined into a single new entity (correct)

They merge to form a loose association

How is amalgamation defined under the Halsbury's Laws of England?

A blending together of two or more undertakings into one undertaking Signup and view all the answers

Consolidation in business involves the creation of multiple new entities.

False Signup and view all the answers

What does the taxation term of consolidation refer to?

Treatment of a group of companies and other entities as one entity for tax purposes Signup and view all the answers

Consolidation in the context of financial accounting refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group company.

True Signup and view all the answers

Amalgamation under the Halsbury's Laws of England can only occur through the transfer of two or more undertakings to a new company.

False Signup and view all the answers

Bigger companies tend to have inferior bargaining power over their suppliers and clients.

False Signup and view all the answers

The economic motivation for consolidation in business includes seeking nonperforming assets belonging to a target company.

True Signup and view all the answers

Business Consolidation Quiz

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What does consolidation refer to in the context of financial accounting?

What is the economic motivation for consolidation in business?

What happens to the original organizations upon consolidation in business?

How is amalgamation defined under the Halsbury's Laws of England?

Consolidation in business involves the creation of multiple new entities.

What does the taxation term of consolidation refer to?

Consolidation in the context of financial accounting refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group company.

Amalgamation under the Halsbury's Laws of England can only occur through the transfer of two or more undertakings to a new company.

Bigger companies tend to have inferior bargaining power over their suppliers and clients.

The economic motivation for consolidation in business includes seeking nonperforming assets belonging to a target company.

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