Slocome Travel owns a travel agency that operates in London. Account balances in pounds for the subsidiary

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Slocome Travel owns a travel agency that operates in London. Account balances in pounds for the subsidiary are summarized below:

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Exchange rates for the British pound for 2019 were as follows:

January 1 ............................... ? ?$1.5403December 31 ........................ ? ? ?1.5961Average for year ................... ? ? 1.5532

The subsidiary did not make any purchases of office supplies or plant assets during the year. Revenues were earned and operating expenses, other than depreciation and supplies used, were incurred evenly throughout the year.

Required:

A. Prepare a schedule to compute the translation adjustment for the year, assuming the foreign entity?s functional currency is the pound.?

B. Prepare a schedule to compute the translation gain or loss, assuming the foreign entity?s functional currency is the U.S. dollar.

C. Explain why your results differ under the two methods.

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Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 978-1119373209

7th edition

Authors: Debra C. Jeter, Paul K. Chaney

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