Lindy, a calendar-year U.S. corporation, bought inventory items from a supplier in Germany on November 5, 2017,

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Lindy, a calendar-year U.S. corporation, bought inventory items from a supplier in Germany on November 5, 2017, for 100,000 euros, when the spot exchange rate was $1.40 per euro. At Lindy's December 31, 2017, year-end, the spot exchange rate was $1.38. On January 15, 2018, Lindy bought 100,000 euros at the spot exchange rate of $1.44 and paid the invoice.
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How much foreign exchange gain or (loss) should Lindy report in its income statements for 2017 and 2018?
Exchange Rate
The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...
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Financial Reporting and Analysis

ISBN: 978-1259722653

7th edition

Authors: Lawrence Revsine, Daniel Collins, Bruce Johnson, Fred Mittelstaedt, Leonard Soffer

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