Reconcile Shareholdings and Equity

This window can be used for two different purposes: to reconcile shareholdings and equity and to calculate goodwill. The window looks different depending on which option you select.

Shareholdings and Equity

You can use this option to receive a report of the reconciliation of the investments account on the parent company with the total equity for its subsidiaries. This report is applicable if you work with the consolidation method investment adjustments.

For more information, see E600 - E603: Investment Adjustments - The Dutch and Danish method or contact your IBM® Cognos® consultant.

When you select the period you want to generate the report for, the reference period will be given automatically according to definition in sub-control table HT02.

Reference Actuality or OB Actuality must be the same as the actuality you want to generate the report for.

For more informations, see HT02: Reference Period

Calculation of Goodwill

You can use this option to generate a report for calculation of goodwill according to Spanish GAAP. The report reconciles the change of investments on the parent company with the change of total equity for its subsidiaries. This report is only available if you are using the investment register to enter the ownership information for the parent companies. The value can either be booked manually as a company journal or be entered in the investment register. You can enter Investment Account, Equity Account or OB Equity Account when generating this report.

All Companies - Only One Level means that the report will show the equity accounts for all subsidiaries that belong to the parent in the chosen group. This means all subsidiaries in the chosen group and the parent company in the group below in the structure, since that company is a subsidiary to this groups parent company.

The currency type is entered as LC, LE, OP etc. Available selections are all existing consolidation types as well as LC. This option is only enabled if the According to Group Selection check box is cleared.

The currency code for the chosen group is given automatically. To change this, clear the box and enter the currency code for which you want to generate the report.