18 3 General consolidation presentation and disclosure principles

For instance, the parent company maintains an investment account that records the amount of money invested in each subsidiary. This account is no longer needed on a set of consolidated financial statements because we are treating all of the companies as if they were...

Defined-Benefit vs Defined-Contribution Plans Explained

This may then be paid to the retiring employee or used to purchase retirement annuity, as defined by the plan agreement. In addition to salaries, many companies offer other benefits to their employees such as pension plans, health insurance, stock option benefits,...