On April 1 of the current year, Econ Ltd. ordered maps from a foreign supplier for 500,000
Question:
On April 1 of the current year, Econ Ltd. ordered maps from a foreign supplier for 500,000 units of foreign currency (FC). On April 2, Econ entered a forward contract as a cash flow hedge to acquire 500,000 FC on July 31 for $0.31. On July 31, the maps arrived and Econ paid the supplier in full and settled the forward contract. Econ has an April 30 year-end.
Required:
a) Prepare dated journal entries to record the transactions shown above.
b) Assume that Econ did not enter into a forward contract. Prepare dated journal entries to record the transactions above.
c) Assume that Econ had entered into a forward contract that was designated a fair value hedge. Prepare dated journal entries to record the transactions above.
Federal Taxation 2016 Comprehensive
ISBN: 9780134104379
29th edition
Authors: Thomas R. Pope, Timothy J. Rupert, Kenneth E. Anderson