5-Foreign Operations Flashcards
Transactional currency
Local recording currency
The currency of a particular country
Usually books and records are kept
Functional currency
Greatest economic impact on company
Currency in which entity generates and expends cash
Reporting currency
Currency in which the enterprise prepares its financial statements
Remeasurement
Transactional—functional
Income statement
Translation
Functional—reporting Balance sheet(OCI)
Spot rate
Actual exchange rate on a particular date
Forward rate
Exchange rate expected to be at some point in the future
Assets and liabilities are translated at the ____
Current exchange rate
Income statement items are translated at the
Exchange rates effective on the date that those items are recognized on the financial statements