SIMPLIFIED APPROACH TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING HOW TO PREPARE A CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION USING QUESTION 1 OF ICAN’S CORPORATE REPORTING OF MAY 2015 DIET AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

In this tutorial you shall journey with me into the maze of how to prepare a consolidated statement of financial position (or group balance sheet as it was formerly known). Here I shall use an illustrative exercise which is the recent Corporate Reporting compulsory question no 1 of May 2015 diet examination of the Institute of chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). So, pay close attention and follow along as I solve the question and alongside explain the details and secrets of the ‘how’ of preparing a consolidated statement of financial position. Please move to the next page for the question. PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13