How does a group draft consolidate — is it just a sum?

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No. A group or sub-group draft eliminates three things: the agreed part of each intercompany loan and trading balance; sales matched to the other company's bill, removed from turnover and costs net of VAT; and each parent's investment against its share of the subsidiary's capital, the difference shown as a consolidation difference. Whatever does not agree stays in and is listed, so the reader sees the break.

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