Is a spreadsheet still enough? A four-company test
A spreadsheet is a fair answer for a small, simple group. Six questions show when it stops being one, tested on four companies, three currencies and an 80% subsidiary.
Consolidation combines the accounts of a parent and its subsidiaries into one set of accounts for the group, as if it were a single company. The work is to put every company’s figures on one chart of accounts, translate other currencies, remove what the companies owe or sell each other, and show the outside owners’ share.
One group chart of accounts, mapped once, whatever each company keeps its books in. What a trial balance needs, what to check before loading it, and what changes each month.
The full method in one place: from mapping each company to the group statements, with a worked example.
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See how it works →A spreadsheet is a fair answer for a small, simple group. Six questions show when it stops being one, tested on four companies, three currencies and an 80% subsidiary.
The ledgers stay in Zoho Books. Only the group layer leaves the spreadsheet. What moves, what stays, and a parallel run that proves it before you switch.
Three companies name their income three ways. How to design one group chart, map every account to it once, and prove the mapped totals still equal each trial balance.
One group chart of accounts, mapped once, whatever each company keeps its books in. What a trial balance needs, what to check before loading it, and what changes each month.
A company that controls one or more other entities presents
Control is power over a company, exposure to its returns and
No. Each company can keep its books in the system it prefers
Thirty minutes, on a group shaped like yours.