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   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 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/€.

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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/€.

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