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Chapter 11, Problem 11.14.2E
Foreign Currency Transactions [AICPA Adapted]
Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions.
2. Stees Corporation had the following foreign currency transactions during 20X2. First, it purchased merchandise from a foreign supplier on January 20, 20X2, for the U.S. dollar equivalent of $90,000. The invoice was paid on March 20, 20X2, at the U.S., dollar equivalent of $96,000. Second, on July 1, 20X2, Stees borrowed the U.S. dollar equivalent of $500,000 evidenced by a note that was payable in the lender’s local currency on July 1, 20X4 On December 31, 20X2, the U.S. dollar equivalents of the principal amount and accrued interest were $520,000 and $26,000, respectively. Interest on the note is 10 percent per annum. In Stees’s 20X2 income statement, what amount should be included us a foreign exchange loss?
a. $0
b. $6,000
c. $21,00
d. $27,000
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