noncontrolling interest

Broad Transactions3

1. 810-30Research and Development Arrangements810 Consolidation

   ASC 810-30 tells a sponsor how to account for a research and development arrangement in which the sponsor funds 100% of the R&D activities — typically by capitalizing a new entity (Newco) with cash and technology rights, spinning off Newco's Class A common stock to the sponsor's shareholders, and retaining a purchase option and nominal Class B shares. The sponsor reclassifies the contributed cash as restricted cash, recognizes R&D expense as the activities are performed, and records the Class A distribution as a dividend at the fair value of that stock. The Class A stock is presented as noncontrolling interest classified in equity but separate from the parent's equity, and exercise of the purchase option is accounted for like an acquisition of a noncontrolling interest.

2. 810-954Health Care Entities810 Consolidation

   This Subtopic routes health care entities to the right consolidation model depending on whether the reporting entity is investor-owned or a not-for-profit, business-oriented health care entity. Investor-owned providers apply the VIE Subsections first, then the General Subsections and the Consolidation of Entities Controlled by Contract Subsections of 810-10; NFP health care entities are exempt from the VIE model (unless used to circumvent it) and instead apply 810-10 General/controlled-by-contract guidance for for-profit investees and Subtopic 958-810 for relationships with other NFPs. It also treats sole corporate membership in an NFP as a controlling financial interest and requires malpractice trust funds to be included in the entity's financial statements.

3. 810-974Real Estate—Real Estate Investment Trusts810 Consolidation

   This narrow Subtopic deals with measurement issues for noncontrolling interests in certain real estate investment trusts (REITs). It contains almost no substantive guidance of its own: its scope simply mirrors Section 974-10-15, and its initial and subsequent measurement sections are essentially unused, with a single cross-reference pointing to Section 974-323-25 for how a REIT accounts for an investment in a service corporation.