Explain why indirect ownership interests are not relevant to determining control in a tiered corporate group.

Indirect Ownership Interests

Refers to a situation where an entity owns an interest in another entity through an intermediary rather than directly.

Tiered Corporate Group

A hierarchical structure where a parent company controls subsidiary companies, which in turn may control their own subsidiaries, creating multiple levels of entity relationships.

Control

The power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities, often through ownership of a majority of voting rights.