Consolidation
1. Financial reporting.
The process of combining financial information about two or more related entities for presentation in a single set of consolidated financial statements.
2. Financial reporting - organisational structure.
The corporate function responsible for consolidating financial information in a group of companies.
3. Law - parliamentary systems.
The process of combining two or more Acts of Parliament into a single Act.
4. Other legislative and regulatory systems.
The similar process of combining any two or more pieces of legislation or regulation, into one.
5. Business strategy.
Combining two or more businesses into a single one.
For example, by merger or acquisition.
Usually with the aim of realising economies of scale or other benefits.
6. Other contexts.
More generally, the process of combining two or more things into a single thing, and of making appropriate related changes.
See also
- Acquisition
- Act
- Cash pool
- Codification
- Consolidated group accounts
- Consolidator
- Data exchange
- Economies of scale
- Equity accounting
- Equity method
- Financial planning and analysis (FP&A)
- Financial reporting
- Group
- Group accounts
- IFRS 10
- Legislation
- Merger
- Parliament
- Proportionate consolidation
- Royal assent
- Statute
- Treasury
