Crete Ltd. is a foreign subsidiary of a Canadian parent and is located in the country of
Question:
Crete Ltd. is a foreign subsidiary of a Canadian parent and is located in the country of Hatos. The SFP accounts of Crete are as follows, stated in hats (H):
Cash H..............................................................40,000
Accounts receivable.......................................20,000
Inventory (at market)...................................120,000
Capital assets................................................400,000
Accumulated depreciation........................(160,000)
Long-term note receivable..........................100,000
Total assets................................................H520,000
Accounts and notes payable....................H 80,000
Bonds payable.............................................300,000
Common shares..........................................140,000
Total liabilities and equities....................H520,000
Additional Information
1. Crete Ltd. is wholly owned by Gialea Corp. Gialea established Crete when the hat was worth $1.10.
2. The capital assets were purchased when the hat was worth $1.30.
3. The bonds payable were issued when the hat was worth $1.25.
4. The long-term note receivable arose when the hat was worth $1.40.
5. The inventory was purchased when the hat was worth $1.50.
6. The current exchange rate for the hat is $1.60.
Required
a. Translate the SFP accounts of Crete Ltd. into Canadian dollars, using each of the following methods:
i) Current-rate; and
ii) Temporal.
In each case, treat the translation gain or loss as a single, balancing figure.
b. For each method, calculate the:
i) Accounting exposure; and
ii) Additional gain or loss that would result if the exchange rate one year hence were 1.85, assuming no change in the SFP accounts in hats.
Exchange RateThe 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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Advanced Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0132928939
7th edition
Authors: Thomas H. Beechy, V. Umashanker Trivedi, Kenneth E. MacAulay