Business combinations comparison | LocalGAAP

Connect transaction perimeter, acquirer, date, consideration, identifiable items, goodwill, subsequent changes, and disclosure evidence to both local and group review.

Public scope

Structured context for people and machine readers.

This is a public product and knowledge surface. Illustrative workflows do not establish a professional conclusion, legal or tax advice, guaranteed outcome, or live customer implementation.

  • Business-versus-asset perimeter
  • Acquirer and acquisition date
  • Consideration and contingent terms
  • Identifiable items and measurement
  • Goodwill and subsequent accounting
  • Disclosure and group-package mapping

Public knowledge 01

Four-jurisdiction authority and source boundary

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    United States: FASB — U.S. GAAP business combinations topic route — https://fasb.org/standards

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    United Kingdom: Financial Reporting Council — FRS 102 business combinations source route — https://www.frc.org.uk/library/standards-codes-policy/accounting-and-reporting/uk-accounting-standards/frs-102/

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    Canada: Accounting Standards Board — IFRS 3 or ASPE Section 1582 route after entity classification — https://www.frascanada.ca/en

  4. 04

    Australia: Australian Accounting Standards Board / ASIC / ASX — AASB 3 route with corporate and listed disclosure context — https://standards.aasb.gov.au/

  5. 05

    Source status: Fact-specific qualified review required

  6. 06

    High-level workflow summary only; licensed standards are not reproduced.

Public knowledge 02

Decision areas

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    Business-versus-asset perimeter

  2. 02

    Acquirer and acquisition date

  3. 03

    Consideration and contingent terms

  4. 04

    Identifiable items and measurement

  5. 05

    Goodwill and subsequent accounting

  6. 06

    Disclosure and group-package mapping

Public knowledge 03

Authority-to-group path

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    Official U.S., UK, Canada, and Australia sources

  2. 02

    Entity facts, entity class, and reporting purpose

  3. 03

    Separate qualified local decisions

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    Non-equivalence record

  5. 05

    Group impact and separate approval

Public knowledge 04

Professional-review boundary

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    This public product preview uses illustrative entity, source, comparison, evidence, group-policy, mapping, disclosure, and review records. It does not reproduce licensed standards, maintain a live accounting database, determine applicable GAAP, make accounting or legal conclusions, post adjustments, or replace current authoritative sources and qualified professional review.

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    A comparison record cannot approve a local position, establish group policy, or authorize an adjustment.