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Papa International is a U.S. company with a subsidiary, Kid, Inc., located in the country of Sartonia. Kid was acquired by Papa on 12/3 1/2015.
Papa International is a U.S. company with a subsidiary, Kid, Inc., located in the country of Sartonia. Kid was acquired by Papa on 12/3 1/2015. Papa reports its financial results in U.S. dollars (USD). The currency of Sartonia is the loca (LC). Suppose it is now the end of 2017 and Kid reports the operating results for FY 2016 and 2017 shown in the following table.
The Following exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the local currency were observed:
*December 31, 2016--> USD/LC= 0.4545
*December 31, 2017--> USD/LC= 0.4000
*Average for FY2017 --> USD/LC= 0.4292
*Historical rate for fixed assets, inventory, and equity--> LC:USD0.5000
Notes:
*At the beginning of FY 2017, retained earnings were LC800 which were translated into USD 383.3
* Kid did not pay any dividends.
* The Cumulative Translation Ajdustment (CTA) at the end of FY2016 was equal to -$37.9 under the current rate method.
Currency Unit: LC | FY2017 | FY2016 | |
Cash | 150 | 100 | |
Accounts recievanble | 800 | 650 | |
Inventory | 1,400 | 1,200 | |
Current assets | 2,350 | 1,950 | |
Net fixed assets | 1,000 | 900 | |
Total assets | 3,350 | 2,850 | |
Accounts payable | 500 | 500 | |
Current debt | 100 | 200 | |
Long-term debt | 1,150 | 950 | |
Total liabilities | 1,750 | 1,650 | |
Common stock | 400 | 400 | |
Retained earnings | 1,200 | 800 | |
Total equity | 1,600 | 1,200 | |
Total Lliabilities and equity | 3,350 | 2,850 | |
Currency Unit: LC | FY2017 | ||
Revenue | 5,500 | ||
Cost of goods sold | (3,800) | ||
Gross margin | 1,700 | ||
Other expenses | (500) | ||
Depreciation expense | (800) | ||
Net income | 400 |
As compared to the current rate method, determine the impact of the temporal method on accounts receivable turnover ratio and gross profit margin ratio from Kid, Inc.'s 2017 U.S. dollar financial statements (circle an appropriate choice in the parentheses below). Make sure to justify your answers.
Account receivable turnover ratiounder the temporal method will be (greater than, the same as, lower than) that under the current rate method.
Justify why:
Gross profit margin ratio under the temporal method will be (greater than, the same as, lower than) that under the current rate method.
Justify why:
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