A parent company that presents its consolidated financial statements must consolidate all of its subsidiaries, foreign as well as domestic.
Where a company doesn’t have any subsidiary, however, has associates and/or joint ventures such company also needs to prepare consolidated financial statements as per Accounting Standard 23 – Accounting for Associates in Consolidated Financial Statements and Accounting Standard 27 – Financial Reporting of Interests in JVs respectively.
Scope
- This Standard shall be applied in the preparation and presentation of consolidated financial statements for a group of entities under the control of a parent.
- This Standard does not deal with methods of accounting for business combinations and their effects on consolidation, including goodwill arising on a business combination (see Ind AS 103 Business Combinations).
- This Standard shall also be applied in accounting for investments in subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates when an entity elects, or is required by law, to present separate financial statements.