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What should we know about equity method overview?

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Question added by Asaad Rajab , Finance Analyst , Qatar Charity
Date Posted: 2016/02/07
AMEER V P
by AMEER V P , Senior Accountant , Arabian Europe General Trading

The equity method of accounting is used to account for an organization’s investment in another entity (the investee). This method is only used when the investor has significant influence over the investee. Under this method, the investor recognizes its share of the profits and losses of the investee in the periods when these profits and losses are also reflected in the accounts of the investee. Any profit or loss recognized by the investing entity appears in its income statement. Also, any recognized profit increases the investment recorded by the investing entity, while a recognized loss decreases the investment.

An accounting technique used by firms to assess the profits earned by their investments in other companies. The firm reports the income earned on the investment on its income statement and the reported value is based on the firm's share of the company assets. The reported profit is proportional to the size of the equity investment. This is the standard technique used when one company has 

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