#58 Inter-company Confirmation (cont'd)

If there are balances cannot be reconciled properly, while the difference are not material / not significant to the Financial Statement. The balance can be 'dumped' into trade receivable/ trade payable a/c balance. This is because, amount due from / amount due to inter-company should be nil at Group level Financial Statement.

Un-reconciled inter-company balance can result in inter-company balance not fully eliminated. In practice, the un-reconciled would be written off or classified as trade receivable/ payable (while the difference is not material) to the Group account.

#57 Fixed Asset Acquisition

What are the accounting entries for fixed asset acquisition:

Dr. Fixed Asset
Cr. Cash / Creditors
( Being fixed asset purchased)

What if the fixed asset acquisition is financed via Hire Purchase, what would be the entries then:

D. Fixed Asset
Cr. Creditors

Dr. Creditors
Cr. Hire Purchase Liability

#56 Inter-company confirmation

Intercompany confirmation have to be sent out to respective inter-company in order to confirm the outstanding balance due from/ due to inter-company. Discrepancies have to be reconciled immediately.

Discrepancies on inter-company balance could impact the Group figure during group consolidation. To illustrate, difference on inter-company balance on respective inter-company's book could resulted in inter-company balance not fully eliminated at Group level. If the discrepancies are significant, the Group account is likely to be eliminated.

Hence, it is important to ensure that inter-company balances are reconciled properly.

#55 Unrecorded Liabilities

Generally, unrecorded liabilities could be due to:

- Timing difference
- Management's intention do delay the recognition of liabilities
- Management not aware of the liabilities

Hence, a nencessary steps need to be taken to ensure the completeness of liabilities.