Advanced Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259916977
Author: Christensen, Theodore E., COTTRELL, David M., Budd, Cassy
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.11.3E
To determine
Foreign exchange gain or loss: Foreign exchange gain or loss arises when there is selling or buying of any goods and services in foreign currency.
To choose: The correct option.
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4) Brief, Inc., had a receivable from a foreign customer that is payable in the customer’s local currency. On December 31, 2020, Brief correctly included this receivable for 200,000 local currency units (LCU) in its balance sheet at $110,000. When Brief collected the receivable on February 15, 2021, the U.S. dollar equivalent was $120,000. In Brief’s 2021 consolidated income statement, how much should it report as a foreign exchange gain?
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b)$10,000
c) $15,000
d) $25,000
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On September 1, 20X1, Cano & Company, a U.S. corporation, sold merchandise to a foreign firm for 250,000 euros. Terms of the sale require payment in euros on February 1, 20X2. On September 1, 20X1, the spot exchange rate was $1.30 per euro. At Cano’s year-end on December 31, 20X1, the spot rate was $1.28, but the rate increased to $1.33 by February 1, 20X2, when payment was received.
Required:
What foreign currency transaction gain or loss should be recorded in 20X1?
What foreign currency transaction gain or loss should be recorded in 20X2?
Amount
Gain / Loss
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Foreign currency transaction gain (loss) 20X1
2.
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss) - 20X2
On July 1, 2020, Mifflin Company borrowed 200,000 euros from a foreign lender evidenced by an
interest-bearing note due on July 1, 2021. The note is denominated in euros. The U.S. dollar equivalent of the note principal is as follows:
LO 9-2
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Problems 1. Which of the following combinations correctly describes the relationship between foreign currency
transactions, exchange rate changes, and foreign exchange gains and losses?
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Type of Transaction Foreign Currency
Foreign Exchange
Gain or Loss
a. Export sale Appreciates Loss
b. Import purchase Appreciates Gain
c. Import purchase Depreciates Gain
d. Export sale Depreciates Gain
Date Amount
July 1, 2020 (date borrowed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $225,000
December 31, 2020 (Mifflin’s year-end). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220,000
July 1, 2021 (date repaid). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,000
In its 2021 income statement, what amount should Mifflin include as a…
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