International Accounting
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Author: Doupnik, Timothy S., Finn, Mark T., Gotti, Giorgio
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Chapter 10, Problem 7EP
Philadelphia, Inc. (a Greek company) has a foreign subsidiary in Morocco, whose manager is evaluated on the basis of profit in euros (EUR). In the current year, the foreign subsidiary was budgeted to generate a profit of 1,000,000 Moroccan dirham (MAD), and actual profit for the year was MAD 1,050,000. Philadelphia’s corporate management has calculated an unfavorable total
Required:
- a. Identify the combination of exchange rates (see Exhibit 10.10) used by Philadelphia’s corporate management in translating budget and actual amounts that results in the total budget variance of EUR 11,650.
- b. Determine the portion of the total budget variance calculated by Philadelphia’s corporate management that is caused by a change in the exchange rate between the EUR and the MAD. (There are three possible correct responses to this requirement.)
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