Consolidation (business)
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In business, consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into a few much larger ones. In the context of financial accounting, consolidation refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group company as consolidated financial statements. The taxation term of consolidation refers to the treatment of a group of companies and other entities as one entity for tax purposes. Under the Halsbury's Laws of England, 'amalgamation' is defined as "a blending together of two or more undertakings into one undertaking, the shareholders of each blending company, becoming, substantially, the shareholders of the blended undertakings. There may be amalgamations, either by transfer of two or more undertakings to a new company, or to the transfer of one or more companies to an existing company".
See also
- Arrangements between railroads
- Associate company
- Business valuation
- Consolidated financial statement
- Enterprise value
- Goodwill (accounting)
- Minority interest
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Conglomerate
- Conglomerate discount
- Tax consolidation
