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92. On
January 1, 2002, Fandu Corp. started a foreign subsidiary. On April 1, 2004, the subsidiary purchased
inventory costing 150,000 stickles.
One-fourth of this inventory remained unsold at the end of 2004 while
40% of the liability from the purchase had not yet been paid. The pertinent exchange rates were:

January 1, 2004

$1 = §3.0

April 1, 2004

$1 = §3.4

Average for 2004

$1 = §3.2

December 31, 2004

$1 = §3.6

Required:

What should have been the December 31,
2004 inventory and accounts payable balances for this foreign
subsidiary as translated into U.S. dollars?

93. On
January 1, 2004, Veldon Co., a U.S. corporation with the U.S. dollar as its functional
currency
, established Malont Co. as a subsidiary. Malont is located in the country of Sorania,
and its functional currency is the stickle. Malont engaged in the following transactions
during 2004:

January 1, 2004

Issued common stock for §500,000

July 14, 2004

Sold equipment at a loss of §40,000

October 1, 2004

Paid dividends of §60,000

Malont’s
operating revenues and expenses for 2004 were §800,000 and §650,000,
respectively. The appropriate exchange
rates were:

January 1, 2004

$1 = §2.5

July 14, 2004

$1 = §2.1

October 1, 2004

$1 = §2.6

December 31, 2004

$1 = §2.7

Average for 2004

$1 = §2.4

Required:

Calculate the translation
adjustment
for Malont.

Use
the following to answer questions 94-97:

Ginvold
Co. began operating a subsidiary in a foreign country on January 1, 2004 by
acquiring all of the common stock for §50,000.
This subsidiary immediately borrowed §120,000 on a five-year note with
ten percent interest payable annually beginning on January 1, 2005. A building was then purchased for
§170,000. This property had a ten-year
anticipated life and no salvage value and was to be depreciated using the
straight-line method. The building was
rented for three years to a group of local doctors for §6,000 per month. By year-end, payments totaling §60,000 had
been made. On October 1, §5,000 were
paid for a repair made on that date. A
cash dividend of §6,000 was transferred back to Ginvold on December 31,
2004. The functional currency for
the subsidiary was the stickle. Currency
exchange rates were as follows:

January 1, 2004

$2.40 = §1

October 1, 2004

$2.22 = §1

Average for 2004

$2.28 = §1

December 31, 2004

$2.16 = §1

94. Required:

Prepare an income statement for
this subsidiary in stickles and then translate these amounts into U.S. dollars.

95. Required:

Prepare a statement of retained
earnings
for this subsidiary in stickles and then translate these amounts
into U.S. dollars.

96. Required:

Prepare a balance sheet for
this subsidiary in stickles and then translate these amounts into U.S. dollars.

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