試験IIA-CIA-Part3 トピック1 問題258 スレッド

The parent's investment in subsidiary account and its proportionate share of the subsidiary's equity accounts, which include retained earnings, are eliminated in a consolidation. The remainder of the subsidiary's equity is reported separately as the noncontrolling interest. Thus, consolidated retained earnings is essentially the parent's retained earnings at year-end The subsidiary's cash dividend reduces its retained earnings balance and therefore the noncontrolling interest but not the parent's retained earnings.