Thurstone Company, a U.S.-based company, borrows 1,500,000 British pounds () on January 1, Year 1, at an

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Thurstone Company, a U.S.-based company, borrows 1,500,000 British pounds (£) on January 1, Year 1, at an interest rate of 4 percent to finance the construction of a new office building for its employees in England. Construction is expected to take six months and cost £1,500,000. Thurstone temporarily invests the British pounds borrowed until cash is needed to pay costs. Interest earned in the first quarter of Year 1 is £5,000. During the first quarter of Year 1, expenditures of £500,000 are incurred; the weighted-average expenditures are £300,000. Thurstone will repay the borrowing plus interest on June 30, Year 1, by converting U.S. dollars into British pounds. The U.S. dollar/British pound exchange rate was $2.00 on January 1, Year 1, and $2.10 on March 31, Year 1. The change in exchange rate is the result of the difference in interest rates in the United States and Great Britain.

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Determine the amount of borrowing costs (in U.S. dollars) that Thurstone should include in the cost of the new office building at March 31, Year 1. 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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International Accounting

ISBN: 978-0077862206

4th edition

Authors: Timothy Doupnik, Hector Perera

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