ACC401 Assignment: Multinational Acquisition

Assignment: Multinational Acquisition
Due Week 8 and worth 240 points
Use the Internet to research a publically traded U.S. multinational corporation that has recently acquired another multinational corporation.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Briefly describe the acquisition you have selected.
2. Analyze the accounting requirements for the business combination and discuss challenges in preparing the financial statements for the consolidation of subsidiaries on the date of acquisition.
3. Evaluate the amount of goodwill or other intangible assets derived from the transaction and explain whether or not you support that this value was created as a result of the business combination.
4. Analyze special issues related to business consolidations including changes in ownership, insolvency, liquidation, and reorganization resulting from the acquisition you selected.
5. For the company your selected, identify the key areas of difference for the acquisition reporting if IFRS was used instead of US GAAP and if the difference would be material to the profitability of the combined entity.
6. Include three (3) external sources to support your position