Foreign operations Flashcards
To determine functional currency
Primary factors: - Currency influencing sales P - Currency of country whos competitive forces determine - Currency influencing input costs Secondary factors: - currency of financing - where funds are retained
2 types of foreign operations
- Integrated operations
2. Self sustaining operations
Integrated operations
Extension of parent. Uses temporal method to translate
Self sustaining operations
Independent of parent
Translate income and expenses
on day of trans or average rate if stable
Cost of sales
When purchases
Depreciation
Based on historic rate
Monetary items on bs
Updated to closing rate on BS date
Non Monetary
At their historical rate
R/E
Opening - from prior
+ NI per above (avg)
- Dividends - translated on date of declaration
Gain/ loss on foreign exchange
Opening net assets - p/y closing
+ ni
- dividends
= closing net assets ( calculated)
Provided closing net assets x closing rate = translated position
Translated - calculated = gain/loss