Branch accounting asset purchase

hello friends we have a registered office at Mumbai and a branch
at Bangalore, now all payments are made from Mumbai of banglore branch. we have purchase an asset in name of banglore branch and made a payment from Mumbai branch so what accounting entry has to be passed for the transaction and how the asset will be valued that who will claim the depreciation on it, eventhough we are preparing a consolidated balance sheet. please reply.
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This discussion explores the accounting entries for an asset purchased by the Bangalore branch but paid for by the Mumbai head office. The core issue is how to correctly book the asset and determine who claims depreciation, even with consolidated balance sheets. Various viewpoints suggest booking the asset in the head office books initially, with the branch recording maintenance. Ultimately, the consensus leans towards the head office claiming depreciation as they control the asset and manage tax implications.

All branch assets are controlled by head office . So asset is booked at ho. Branch will book maintainence.
In the Bangalore branch book entry for Asset.

Asset A/c Dr
To Mumbai Office A/c Cr
( Asset purchase by H.O for Branch)

-------------------------------------------------

In the books of Head office ( Mumbai branch)

Bangalore Branch A/c Dr
To Bank A/c Cr
( Asset purchase for branch and payment made )

Even though you are maintaining consolidated financial statements, Asset & Liabilities will transfer to H.O at the end of the year from branch.

Take others opinion as well.
Asset purchase entry
Asset purchase entry is first one , Correct me if any thing wrong.
There are other entries

@ Sabyachi Mukherji

bro , You also can  pass other entries.

Purchases dr.

Cr. Bank

(Asset cannot be capitalized in Mumbai office)

Dr. bank

Cr. purchases written off

(when Bangalore branch pays you for it)

Thats it! transfer the asset to other branch in Bangalore. Depreciate it Bangalore branch only.

In Bangalore books

Dr. Asset

Cr. Bank. 

(asset gets capitalized)

if we do purchases entry, then balance sheet wont tally. During consolidation you wont have a clue of this transaction 

P+S purchases

P+S bank 

P+S assets

 

 

As per the query all the payments of  Bangalore branch  were made form Mumbai office only , Bangalore branch is not paying back .  

In the books of Mumbai office I made short entry  as above  , it should be 

Bangalore  branch  A/c  Dr 

To Creditors           A/c   Cr 

( Asset purchase for branch office ) 

Creditors   A/c   Dr 

To Bank    A/c   Cr 

( payment to creditors by H.O  for purchase of Asset  of branch )  

Ok. It's the debtors method it seems and not interested in that. But branch is owned by company which means it's an asset.

Dr. asset

Cr. Bank

(Purchase of asset)

 

Dr. Branch assets ac

Cr. Asset

Taxes are paid by main office and depreciation must be done by main office because it needs to recover taxes paid included in the assets if it's a fully depreciable asset.

This is final accounts version

 

 

 

 

 

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