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a) investments b) capital c) premium version d) Retained earnings
Hi Rashad,
My answer will go for d) Retained earining, below is the reason.
All other costs [other than the consideration transferred] associated with an acquisition must be expensed, including reimbursements to the acquiree for bearing some of the acquisition costs. Examples of costs to be expensed include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional or consulting fees; and general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department. [IFRS3.53]
Source: http://www.iasplus.com/en/standards/ifrs/ifrs3
b) capital
Costs of Registering and Issuing Equity Securities
6.69 SAB Topic5.A provides guidance on accounting for the costs of issuing equity securities. It states that
“[s]pecific incremental costs directly attributable to a proposed or actual offering of securities may properly be
deferred and charged against the gross proceeds of the offering.” Therefore, the costs to issue equity securities are
generally reflected as a reduction of the amount that would have otherwise been recorded in additional paid-in
capital.