Advanced Financial Accounting
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Author: Theodore E. Christensen, David M Cottrell, Cassy JH Budd Advanced Financial Accounting
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Chapter 12, Problem 12.15Q
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Introduction: Translation adjustment is the most common method used and is applied when the local currency is the foreign entity’s functional currency. The subsidiary statement must be translated from its local currency to the parents’ functional currency. To translate the financial statements, the company will use the current rate, which is the exchange rate on balance sheet date, to convert the local currency.
To comment:The use of current exchange rate method of translating a foreign affiliate’s financial statement allows for an assessment of foreign management by the same ratio criteria used to manage the foreign affiliate.
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When accounting for foreign exchange transactions, which of the following statements accurately describes the use of the "Temporal Method" under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)?
A) The Temporal Method is used to account for foreign exchange gains and losses on monetary assets and liabilities at the historical exchange rate.
B) The Temporal Method is used to account for foreign exchange gains and losses on monetary assets and liabilities at the current exchange rate.
C) The Temporal Method is used to account for foreign exchange gains and losses on non-monetary assets and liabilities at the historical exchange rate.
D) The Temporal Method is used to account for foreign exchange gains and losses on non-monetary assets and liabilities at the current exchange rate.
What term is used to describe the process of reducing foreign exchange risk? Choose the correct.
A)international accounting
B)exposure
C)hedging
D)harmonization
Which of the following suggests that the foreign entity's functional currency is the parent's currency?
a.
Intercompany transaction volume is low.
b.
Debt is serviced through local operations.
c.
There is an active and primarily local market.
d.
Sale prices are influenced by international factors.
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