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Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI on Deconsolidation Net of Tax

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The amount of the loss recognized by the parent and included in its attributable portion of net income for the period due to deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition of a group of assets. The gain (loss) recognized and included in the net income attributable to the parent for the period is generally computed as the difference between: (a) the aggregate of: (1) the fair value of any consideration received; (2) the fair value of any retained noncontrolling investment in the former subsidiary at the date the subsidiary was deconsolidated; and (3) the carrying amount of any noncontrolling interest in the former subsidiary (including any accumulated other comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest) at the date the subsidiary was deconsolidated and (b) the carrying amount of the former subsidiary's assets and liabilities

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Pretax remeasurement charge as a result of moving from the CENCOEX rate to the SIMADI rate in Venezuela.

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The amount that will be recognized through the income statement (as well as the impact on the other financial statements) as part of highly inflationary accounting.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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