the functional currency of ABC is the pound. the reporting currency is the dollar. the initial exchange rate $1.00 = £0.67.   ABC's nonconsolidated balance sheets and the footnotes to the fina

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XYZ Corporation, a U.S. parent firm, has a wholly owned sales affiliate, ABC Ltd., in the United Kingdom. The affiliate was established to service the local market.

 

Assume that

 

  1. the functional currency of ABC is the pound.
  2. the reporting currency is the dollar.
  3. the initial exchange rate $1.00 = £0.67.

 

ABC's nonconsolidated balance sheets and the footnotes to the financial statements indicate that ABC owes the parent firm £200,000. Assume that, XYZ had made an investment of $500,000 in the affiliate.

 

Find the foreign currency gain or loss for this U.S. MNC translating the balance sheet and income statement of a French subsidiary, which keeps its books in euro, then is translated into U.S. dollars using the current/noncurrent method—the reporting currency of the U.S. MNC.

 

The subsidiary is at the end of its first year of operation. The historical exchange rate is $1.60/€1.00 and the most recent exchange rate is $1.50/€.

 

 

 

Local Currency

Current/Non current

Balance Sheet

 

 

Cash

 

2,100

 

 

$

3,150

 

Inventory (current Value = €1,800)

 

1,500

 

 

$

2,250

 

Net fixed assets

 

3,000

 

 

$

4,800

 

Total Assets

 

6,600

 

 

$

10,200

 

Current liabilities

 

1,200

 

 

$

1,800

 

Long-term

 

1,800

 

 

$

2,880

 

Common stock

 

2,700

 

 

$

4,320

 

Retained earnings

 

900

 

 

 

 

 

CTA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total L&E

 

6,600

 

 

$

10,200

 

Income Statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales Revenue

 

10,000

 

 

$

15,484

 

COGS

 

7,500

 

 

$

11,613

 

Depreciation

 

1,000

 

 

$

1,600

 

NOI

 

1,500

 

 

$

2,271

 

Tax(40%)

 

600

 

 

$

908

 

Profit after tax

 

900

 

 

$

1,363

 

Foreign Exchange gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

900

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends

 

0

 

 

$

0

 

Addition to Retained Earnings

 

900

 

 

 

 

 
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