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PLEASE HELP!!!! Posted earlier, but the answers given by a Chegg expert are wrong. Please help!! Thank you so much!!! Rolfe Company (a U.S.-based company)
PLEASE HELP!!!! Posted earlier, but the answers given by a Chegg expert are wrong. Please help!! Thank you so much!!! Rolfe Company (a U.S.-based company) has a subsidiary in Nigeria where the local currency unit is the naira (NGN). On December 31, 2016, the subsidiary had the following balance sheet (amounts are in thousands (000's)):
Cash | NGN | 16,750 | Notes payable | NGN | 20,300 | |
Inventory | 11,500 | Common stock | 21,900 | |||
Land | 4,150 | Retained earnings | 10,950 | |||
Building | 41,500 | |||||
Accumulated depreciation | (20,750 | ) | ||||
NGN | 53,150 | NGN | 53,150 | |||
The subsidiary acquired the inventory on August 1, 2016, and the land and building in 2010. It issued the common stock in 2008. During 2017, the following transactions took place: 2017 Feb. 1 Paid 8,150,000 NGN on the note payable. May 1 Sold entire inventory for 17,500,000 NGN on account. June 1 Sold land for 6,150,000 NGN cash. Aug. 1 Collected all accounts receivable. Sept.1 Signed long-term note to receive 8,150,000 NGN cash. Oct. 1 Bought inventory for 20,150,000 NGN cash. Nov. 1 Bought land for 3,150,000 NGN on account. Dec. 1 Declared and paid 3,150,000 NGN cash dividend to parent. Dec. 31 Recorded depreciation for the entire year of 2,075,000 NGN. The U.S dollar ($) exchange rates for 1 NGN are as follows: 2008 NGN 1=$0.0063 2010 1= 0.0057 August 1, 2016 1= 0.0077 December 31, 2016 1= 0.0079 February 1, 2017 1= 0.0081 May 1, 2017 1= 0.0083 June 1, 2017 1= 0.0085 August 1, 2017 1= 0.0089 September 1, 2017 1= 0.0091 October 1, 2017 1= 0.0093 November 1, 2017 1= 0.0095 December 1, 2017 1= 0.0097 December 31, 2017 1= 0.0114 Average for 2017 1= 0.0104 a. Assuming the NGN is the subsidiary's functional currency, what is the translation adjustment determined solely for 2017? b. Assuming the U.S.$ is the subsidiary's functional currency, what is the remeasurement gain or loss determined solely for 2017? |
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