Leader Inc. has the following foreign financing: The company borrowed US$325,000, for five years, when US$1.00 =

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Leader Inc. has the following foreign financing: The company borrowed US$325,000, for five years, when US$1.00 = Cdn$1.01. The exchange rate at the end of the first year is US$1.00 = Cdn$1.03, and at the end of the second year is US$1.00 = Cdn$0.98. Assume the debt was raised at par. Ignore interest.


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How much exchange gain or loss would be shown in earnings in the second year?

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Intermediate Accounting Volume 2

ISBN: 9781260881240

8th Edition

Authors: Thomas H. Beechy, Joan E. Conrod, Elizabeth Farrell, Ingrid McLeod-Dick, Kayla Tomulka, Romi-Lee Sevel

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