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<strong>Comparison</strong> <strong>between</strong> U.S. <strong>GAAP</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>International</strong> Financial Reporting St<strong>and</strong>ards 107<br />

IFRS<br />

for as equity transactions (IAS 27.30).<br />

U.S. <strong>GAAP</strong><br />

controlling financial interest in the subsidiary as an equity<br />

transaction, without recognition of gain or loss in income.<br />

The guidance for changes in a parent’s ownership interest<br />

in ASC 810-10-45-22 through 45-24 applies to the<br />

following (ASC 810-10-45-21A):<br />

• Transactions that result in an increase in ownership<br />

of a subsidiary<br />

• Transactions that result in a decrease in ownership of<br />

either of the following while the parent keeps a<br />

controlling financial interest in the subsidiary<br />

<br />

A subsidiary that is a business or nonprofit<br />

activity<br />

A subsidiary that is not a business or nonprofit<br />

activity if the transaction is not directly addressed<br />

in other authoritative guidance<br />

The decrease in ownership provisions in ASC 810-10 do<br />

not apply if the transaction resulting in an entity’s<br />

decreased ownership interest is either the sale of insubstance<br />

real estate or the conveyance of oil <strong>and</strong> gas<br />

mineral rights (ASC 810-10-45-21A).<br />

Changes in ownership interest – loss of control<br />

If a parent loses control of a subsidiary, it shall<br />

recognise a gain or loss on the interest sold in profit or<br />

loss. In addition, any retained interest in the former<br />

subsidiary is remeasured at fair value with any gain or<br />

loss recognised in profit or loss (IAS 27.34).<br />

Similar to IFRS, the parent must deconsolidate a<br />

subsidiary as of the date the parent ceases to have a<br />

controlling financial interest in the subsidiary. In a<br />

deconsolidation that is a nonreciprocal transfer to owners,<br />

the former parent should apply the guidance of ASC 845,<br />

Nonmonetary Transactions. Otherwise, the parent must<br />

recognize a gain or loss on the transaction <strong>and</strong> measure<br />

any retained investment in the former subsidiary at<br />

deconsolidation-date fair value.<br />

The deconsolidation guidance in ASC 810-10 applies to<br />

the following (ASC 810-10-40-3A):<br />

• The deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition<br />

of a group of assets if the subsidiary or asset group<br />

constitutes a business or nonprofit activity<br />

• The deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition<br />

of a group of assets that does not constitute a<br />

business or nonprofit activity if the substance of the<br />

transaction is not directly addressed in other<br />

authoritative guidance<br />

The deconsolidation provisions in ASC 810-10 do not<br />

apply if the transaction resulting in an entity’s decreased<br />

ownership interest is either the sale of in-substance real<br />

estate or the conveyance of oil <strong>and</strong> gas mineral rights<br />

(ASC 810-10-40-3A).<br />

IFRS guidance on decreases in ownership of subsidiaries<br />

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