In general, you run preparation for consolidation group changes to adjust reported, standardized, and eliminated data when the investment structure changes. These changes include acquisitions, divestitures, and method changes. After running preparation for consolidation group change, the financial statements contain only the data that arose during the time the consolidation unit was part of the consolidation group.
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In addition, preparation for consolidation group change also revokes values for equity subsidiaries so that their financial data is excluded from the consolidated financial statements. In our use case, we need to run the preparation for consolidation group change task because Canada is an equity subsidiary.
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To run preparation for consolidation group change, a preceding task must be run first. If a preceding task is not run before preparation for consolidation group change, the resulting documents are in draft status and the values will not appear in reports.You run preparation for consolidation group change from the consolidation monitor.
Preparation for Consolidation Group Change Task
After running preparation for consolidation group change, the log indicates that the values are revoked.