AS 21

Accounting standard 21 - Simplified - Consolidated financial statement – AS 21 Accounting standard 21 explains the way of making consolidated financial statement properly. Consolidated financial statement means combined profit and loss account and balance sheet of holding company and subsidiary company. AS 21 provides following steps for making consolidated balance sheet . 1. Investment in subsidiary company by holding company will not be shown in consolidated balance sheet’s asset side . 2. Share capital of subsidiary company in holding company will not be shown in consolidated balance sheet of holding company. 3. Calculation of minority interest Minority interest means all shareholders who invest in subsidiary company but they are not shareholder of holding company. In other words any stock in subsidiary company which is not owned by parent company (holding company) so, when holding company will make his consolidated balance sheet minority interest will be shown in liability side.