A group presents its financial statements in A$.
The goodwill of its only foreign subsidiary was measured at B$100,000 at acquisition. There have been no impairments to this goodwill.
Exchange rates (where A$/B$ is the number of B$'s to each A$) are as follows:

The value of goodwill to be included in the group's statement of financial position in respect of its foreign subsidiary for the year ended 31 December 20X4 is:
In recent years EBITDA has been adopted by large entities as a key measure of performance. The following figures have been extracted from the financial statements of UV for the year ended 30 November 20X9:

What is EBITDA for UV for the year ended 30 November 20X9?
Give your answer to the nearest $'000.
GH acquired 3,000,000 of the 12,000,000 equity shares of JK. All shares carried equal voting rights and no other single shareholder of JK held more than 10% of the equity shares. GH has the power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions but not control them.
Based on the information provided above, how would GH's investment in JK be accounted for in its consolidated financial statements?
ST acquired 70% of the equity shares of DE for $87,500 on 30 September 20X5. At the date of acquisition the net assets of DE were $54,700 and the fair value of the non controlling interest was measured at $19,700. There has been no impairment of goodwill.
On 30 September 20X9 ST disposed of its entire investment in DE for $262,500 when the net assets of DE were $96,250.
What is the gain or loss on disposal of DE that will be included in ST's consolidated profit or loss for the year ended 30 September 20X9?
JJ's current share price is $1.80, with a dividend of $0.20 a share just about to be paid.
Dividends have increased at an average annual growth rate of 4.5% and this is expected to continue into the future.
What is JJ's cost of equity?
LM are just about to pay a dividend of 20 cents a share. Historically, dividends have grown at a rate of 5% each year.
The current share price is $3.05.
The cost of equity using the dividend valuation model is:
AB acquired its subsidiary on 1 January 20X7 when the fair value of net assets was the same as book value with the exception of property, plant and equipment that had a fair value $500,000 higher than carrying value.
These assets were assessed to have a remaining useful life of 5 years from the date of acquisition.
What is the net consolidation adjustment to the property, plant and equipment balance at 31 December 20X9?
Give your answer to the nearest whole number (in '$000s).
$?
GH granted 100 share options to each of its 1,000 employees on 1 January 20X8. The fair value of each option was $7 on 1 January 20X8 and had risen to $8 at 31 December 20X8.
Which of the following statements represents the treatment that GH adopted to account for the related expense of these share options in its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 20X8, in accordance with IFRS 2 Share-based Payments?
What figure will be presented for "dividend paid to shareholders of GHI" in GHI's consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year ended 31 December 20X4?
Give your answer to the nearest $000.
$ ? 000
EF has redeemable 10% bonds which are currently trading at $94.00 for each $100 of nominal value. The bonds can be redeemed at par in five years' time. The corporate income tax rate is 22%.
The present value of the cash flows associated with $100 nominal value of these bonds at a discount rate of 7% is $9.28.
Calculate the post tax cost of debt.
Give your answer as a percentage to one decimal place.
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