A credit-balancing item resulting from the process of restating a foreign entity’s financial statement from the local currency unit to U.S. dollars should be included as a(an)

a. Separate component of stockholders’ equity.

b. Deferred credit.

c. Component of income from continuing operations.

d. Extraordinary item.

First assume that the foreign currency is the functional currency; then assume that the U.S. dollar is the functional currency.