Poor Son Case Analysis

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Timeline of this case should be clearly organized in order to better understanding this case. In 2009, Poor Son transferred Rich Grandson to Parent. In 2010, Poor Son filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code, and Parent deconsolidated Poor Son from statements. In 2011, Poor Son filed an action against Parent seeking to void the transfer of Rich Grandson. In May 2012, the bankruptcy court held a selection meeting in which it considered competing plans of reorganization submitted by four bidders. In June 2012, OtherCo, an unrelated party, became the wining plan sponsor. In July 2012, OtherCo rescind its offer because the bad evonomic condition. In December 2014, the bankruptcy court recommended …show more content…

The value of Poor Son declined significantly since external economic conditions. It shows that the fair value of Poor Son, the emerging entity, should be way less than its book value, and the value of assets is less than the total of liabilities and claims. Additionally, Parent will receive 100% voting shares of Poor Son and have the ability to name all members of Poor Son’s board of directors. This means that existing voting shares receive less than 50% of the voting shares of the emerging entity. For that reasons, Poor Son should apply “Fresh-Start” under ASC 852-10-45-19. In addition, ASC 852-10-45-21 illu strated that “the effects of the adjustments on the reported amounts of individual assets and liabilities resulting from the adoption of fresh-start reporting and the effects of the forgiveness of debt shall be reflected in the predecessor entity 's final statement of operations”. Thus, with the fresh-start reporting, financial statements for both Parent and Pool Son will be affacted. 4. May Poor Son apply pushdown accounting in its standalone financial …show more content…

An acquiree shall make an election to apply pushdown accounting before the financial statements are issued (for a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filer and a conduit bond obligor for conduit debt securities that are traded in a public market) or the financial statements are available to be issued (for all other entities) for the reporting period in which the change-in-control event occurred. If the acquiree elects the option to apply pushdown accounting, it must apply the accounting as of the acquisition

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