Forward exchange contract designated as a fair value hedge of a foreign-currency-denominated accounts receivable, weakening $US

On October 15, 2018, our company sells to a retailer located in Austria 12,000 units of a product at a sales price of 45 per unit, and we require payment in Euros (). The exchange rate on the date of sale is $1.27:1, and the due date for payment is January 15, 2019. To mitigate the risk of exchange rate fluctuations between the sale date and the collection date, on October 15, 2018, our company enters into a forward contract with an exchange broker. The contract obligates our company to deliver 540,000 on January 15, 2019, while we lock in the $US we will receive on that date at the forward rate of $1.31:1 (i.e., the forward rate on October 15, 2018 for settlement on January 15, 2019). Assume this derivative qualifies as a fair value hedge, and our companys functional currency and reporting currency is the $US. The following table includes the spot rates, forward rates, and related values of the accounts receivable and forward contract on October 15, 2018, December 31, 2018, and January 15, 2019. When computing fair values, ignore discounting.

		FC Accounts Receivable			DerivativeForward
Date	Spot Rate ($US = 1)	Carrying Value	Change in Carry Val.	Forward Ratea ($US = 1)	FV Asset (Liability)b	Change in FV
October 15, 2018	1.27	$685,800		1.31
December 31, 2018	1.38	745,200	$59,400	1.39	$(43,200)	$(43,200)
January 15, 2019	1.42	766,800	21,600	1.42	(59,400)	(16,200)

^a For settlement on January 15, 2019

^b Ignore discounting in the computation of fair values.

a. Prepare the journal entries to record the sale and all adjustments required for the accounts receivable and forward contract at October 15, 2018, December 31, 2018, and January 15, 2019.

Note: If no entry is required, select "No entry" as your answers under Description and leave the debit and credit answers blank (zero).

Hedged Transaction

Date	Description	Debit	Credit
10/15/18	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
12/31/18	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
1/15/19	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	To record the change in the $US value.
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	To record payment.

FV Hedge

Date	Description	Debit	Credit
10/15/18	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
12/31/18	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
1/15/19	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	To record change in value.
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	AnswerAccounts payableAccounts receivableCashForeign currency transaction gainForeign currency transaction lossForward contract (asset)Forward contract (liability)Hedged firm commitment (asset)Hedged firm commitment (liability)InventoriesSalesNo entry	Answer	Answer
	To record the net settlement.

b. Reconcile to the forward rate at the forward contracts inception the net cash received for both the settlement of the receivable and the settlement of the forward-contract derivative.

Net cash received from settlement of the receivable and forward-contract derivative is:

$Answer

c. What amount of sales was recognized in the quarter ending December 31, 2018?

$Answer

What amount of sales was recognized in the quarter ending March 31, 2019?

$Answer

What is the total amount of sales recognized across the quarters ending December 31, 2018, and March 31, 2019?

$Answer

Please answer all parts of the question.