Intercompany finance
Transactions between legal entities in the same group: sales, loans, dividends. Must be eliminated upon consolidation.
Detail
Intercompany operations are normal in economic groups: one subsidiary sells to another, a parent lends to a subsidiary, a holding charges management fees. At the individual level each entity records income or expense; at the consolidated level those movements cancel because the group has not enriched itself. The operational challenge: both sides must match. If subsidiary A records a $10,000 sale to subsidiary B, B must record a $10,000 purchase — not $9,800 due to FX or one month late. cifraHQ Enterprise uses intercompany pairs with a common identifier (transaction ID), monthly automatic reconciliation, and "IC imbalance" reports that resolve before close.
See also
Consolidation
Combining the financial statements of multiple legal entities into one, eliminating intercompany transactions to avoid double counting.
Consolidation elimination
Entry that cancels the duplicated effect of intercompany transactions when combining books across multiple entities.
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