Exam 9: Multinational Accounting: Issues in Financial Reporting and Translation of Foreign Entity Statements

Mercury Company is a subsidiary of Neptune Company and is located in Valpara'so, Chile, where the currency is the Chilean Peso. Data on Mercury's inventory and purchases are as follows: The beginning inventory was acquired during the fourth quarter of 20X7, and the ending inventory was acquired during the fourth quarter of 20X8. Purchases were made evenly over the year. Exchange rates were as follows: -Based on the preceding information, the translation of cost of goods sold for 20X8, assuming that the Spanish peseta is the functional currency is:

The balance in Newsprint Corp.'s foreign exchange loss account was $10,000 on December 31, 20X8, before any necessary year-end adjustment relating to the following: (1) Newsprint had a $15,000 debit resulting from the restatement in dollars of the accounts of its wholly owned foreign subsidiary for the year ended December 31, 20X8. (2) Newsprint had an account payable to an unrelated foreign supplier, payable in the supplier's local currency unit (LCU) on January 15, 20X9. The U.S. dollar-equivalent of the payable was $50,000 on the December 1, 20X8, invoice date and $53,000 on December 31, 20X8. -Based on the information provided, in Newsprint's 20X8 consolidated income statement, what amount should be included as foreign exchange loss in computing net income, if the U.S. dollar is the functional currency and the remeasurement method is appropriate?

On January 2, 20X8, Johnson Company acquired a 100% interest in the capital stock of Perth Company for $3,100,000. Any excess cost over book value is attributable to a patent with a 10-year remaining life. At the date of acquisition, Perth's balance sheet contained the following information: Perth's income statement for 20X8 is as follows: The balance sheet of Perth at December 31, 20X8, is as follows: Perth declared and paid a dividend of 20,000 FCU on October 1, 20X8. Spot rates at various dates for 20X8 follow: Assume Perth's revenues, purchases, operating expenses, depreciation expense, and income taxes were incurred evenly throughout 20X8. -Refer to the above information. Assuming the local currency of the country in which Perth Company is located is the functional currency, what are the translated amounts for the items below in U.S. dollars?

Which combination of accounts and exchange rates is correct for the remeasurement of a foreign entity's financial statements from its local currency to U.S. dollars?

Which combination of accounts and exchange rates is correct for the translation of a foreign entity's financial statements from the functional currency to U.S. dollars?

The British subsidiary of a U.S. company reported cost of goods sold of 75,000 pounds (sterling) for the current year ended December 31. The beginning inventory was 10,000 pounds, and the ending inventory was 15,000 pounds. Spot rates for various dates are as follows: Assuming the pound is the functional currency of the British subsidiary, the translated amount of cost of goods sold that should appear in the consolidated income statement is:

For each of the items listed below, state whether they increase or decrease the balance in cumulative translation adjustments (assuming a credit balance at the beginning of the year) when the foreign currency strengthened relative to the U.S. dollar during the year.

In cases of operations located in highly inflationary economies:

On January 2, 20X8, Johnson Company acquired a 100% interest in the capital stock of Perth Company for $3,100,000. Any excess cost over book value is attributable to a patent with a 10-year remaining life. At the date of acquisition, Perth's balance sheet contained the following information: Perth's income statement for 20X8 is as follows: The balance sheet of Perth at December 31, 20X8, is as follows: Perth declared and paid a dividend of 20,000 FCU on October 1, 20X8. Spot rates at various dates for 20X8 follow: Assume Perth's revenues, purchases, operating expenses, depreciation expense, and income taxes were incurred evenly throughout 20X8. -Refer to the above information. Assuming the U.S. dollar is the functional currency, what is the amount of Perth's cost of goods sold remeasured in U.S. dollars?

Michigan-based Leo Corporation acquired 100 percent of the common stock of a British company on January 1, 20X8, for $1,100,000. The British subsidiary's net assets amounted to 500,000 pounds on the date of acquisition. On January 1, 20X8, the book values of its identifiable assets and liabilities approximated their fair values. As a result of an analysis of functional currency indicators, Leo determined that the British pound was the functional currency. On December 31, 20X8, the British subsidiary's adjusted trial balance, translated into U.S. dollars, contained $17,000 more debits than credits. The British subsidiary reported income of 33,000 pounds for 20X8 and paid a cash dividend of 8,000 pounds on October 25, 20X8. Included on the British subsidiary's income statement was depreciation expense of 3,500 pounds. Leo uses the fully adjusted equity method of accounting for its investment in the British subsidiary and determined that goodwill in the first year had an impairment loss of 25 percent of its initial amount. Exchange rates at various dates during 20X8 follow: -Based on the preceding information, on Leo's consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 20X8, what amount should be reported for the goodwill acquired on January 1, 20X8?

Parisian Co. is a French company located in Paris. Yankee Corp., located in New York City, acquires Parisian Co. Parisian has the Euro as its local currency and the Swiss Franc as its functional currency. Yankee has the U.S. dollar as its local currency and the U.S. dollar as its functional currency. Required: a) The year-end consolidated financial statements will be prepared in which currency? b) Explain which method is appropriate to use to use at year-end: Translation or Remeasurement?

Nichols Company owns 90% of the capital stock of a foreign subsidiary located in Ireland. As a result of translating the subsidiary's accounts, a debit of $160,000 was needed in the translation adjustments account so that the foreign subsidiary's debits and credits were equal in U.S. dollars. How should Nichols report its translation adjustments on its consolidated financial statements?

On January 1, 20X8, Transport Corporation acquired 75 percent interest in Steamship Company for $300,000. Steamship is a Norwegian company. The local currency is the Norwegian kroner (NKr). The acquisition resulted in an excess of cost-over-book value of $25,000 due solely to a patent having a remaining life of 5 years. Transport uses the fully adjusted equity method to account for its investment. Steamship's December 31, 20X8, trial balance has been translated into U.S. dollars, requiring a translation adjustment debit of $8,000. Steamship's net income translated into U.S. dollars is $35,000. It declared and paid an NKr 20,000 dividend on June 1, 20X8. Relevant exchange rates are as follows: Assume the kroner is the functional currency. -Based on the preceding information, in the journal entry to record parent's share of subsidiary's translation adjustment:

On January 2, 20X8, Johnson Company acquired a 100% interest in the capital stock of Perth Company for $3,100,000. Any excess cost over book value is attributable to a patent with a 10-year remaining life. At the date of acquisition, Perth's balance sheet contained the following information: Perth's income statement for 20X8 is as follows: The balance sheet of Perth at December 31, 20X8, is as follows: Perth declared and paid a dividend of 20,000 FCU on October 1, 20X8. Spot rates at various dates for 20X8 follow: Assume Perth's revenues, purchases, operating expenses, depreciation expense, and income taxes were incurred evenly throughout 20X8. -Refer to the above information. Assuming Perth's local currency is the functional currency, what is the amount of patent amortization for 20X8 that results from Johnson's acquisition of Perth's stock on January 2, 20X8. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

If the restatement method for a foreign subsidiary involves remeasuring from the local currency into the functional currency, then translating from functional currency to U.S. dollars, the functional currency of the subsidiary is: I. U.S. dollar. II. Local currency unit. III. A third country's currency.

All of the following describe the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) except for:

On January 1, 20X8, Transport Corporation acquired 75 percent interest in Steamship Company for $300,000. Steamship is a Norwegian company. The local currency is the Norwegian kroner (NKr). The acquisition resulted in an excess of cost-over-book value of $25,000 due solely to a patent having a remaining life of 5 years. Transport uses the fully adjusted equity method to account for its investment. Steamship's December 31, 20X8, trial balance has been translated into U.S. dollars, requiring a translation adjustment debit of $8,000. Steamship's net income translated into U.S. dollars is $35,000. It declared and paid an NKr 20,000 dividend on June 1, 20X8. Relevant exchange rates are as follows: Assume the kroner is the functional currency. -Based on the preceding information, in the journal entry to record the amortization of the patent for 20X8 on the parent's books, Investment in Steamship Company will be debited for:

Refer to the information in question 52. Assume the U.S. dollar is the functional currency, not the pound. Required: 1) Prepare a schedule remeasuring the trial balance from British pound into U.S. dollars. 2) Assume that Pace uses the fully adjusted equity method. Record all journal entries that relate to its investment in the British subsidiary during 2008. Provide the necessary documentation and support for the amounts in the journal entries. 3) Prepare a schedule that determines Pace's consolidated net income for 2008.

All of the following stockholders' equity accounts of a foreign subsidiary are translated at historical exchange rates except:

Elan, a U.S. corporation, completed the December 31, 20X8, foreign currency translation of its 70 percent owned Swiss subsidiary's trial balance using the current rate method. The translation resulted in a debit adjustment of $25,000. The subsidiary had reported net income of 800,000 Swiss francs for 20X8 and paid dividends of 50,000 Swiss francs on September 1, 20X8. The translation rates for the year were: The January 1 balance of the Investment in the Swiss subsidiary account was $1,600,000. Elan acquired its interest in the Swiss subsidiary at book value with no differential or goodwill recorded at acquisition. -Elan's Investment in Swiss subsidiary account at December 31, 20X8, is: