问题如下:
In 2018, Cinnamon’s net profit margin would be highest if:
选项:
A.it is deemed to have control of Cambridge.
B.it had not increased its stake in Cambridge.
C.it is deemed to have significant influence over Cambridge.
解释:
C is correct.
If Cinnamon is deemed to have significant influence, it would report half of Cambridge’s net income as a line item on its income statement, but no additional revenue is shown. Its profit margin is thus higher than if it consolidated Cambridge’s results, which would impact revenue and income, or if it only reported 19 percent of Cambridge’s dividends (no change in ownership).
考点:不同的会计方法对会计比率的影响
解析:首先要知道net profit margin=NI/Revenue
如果仍归类为passive investment,只有19%的dividend paid计入NI。
如果是control,用Acquisition method,同时影响NI和 revenue。
如果是significant influence用,用equity method, 只影响NI,不影响revenue,此时net profit margin最大。
因此equity method下net profit margin更高 。
答案里有一句话“如果仍归类为passive investment,只有19%的dividend paid计入NI”,这句如何理解?dividend不是应该体现在B/S中作为cash的增加项吗?
我的理解是:equity method中讲share results对P&L的影响是会有一个investment gain = 子公司的NI*投资比例,这个investment gain会影响母公司的NI。因此用equity method分母sales不变而NI变大,但答案好像和我理解的完全不同?