Reference no: EM13936616

Assignment

This assignment should be completed after Chapter 12. It contributes 10% toward your final grade. Remember to show all your work as partial marks may be awarded.

Question 1

On June 1, 2014, Fleming Co. sold goods to BFF Ltd. for FC 200,000 and entered into a 90-day forward contract with a financial institution to deliver FC 200,000. Fleming expects to collect payment from BFF in 90 days. Fleming has a July 31year-end.

Selected exchange rates are presented below:

	Spot Rate	Forward rate to August 30
1-Jun-14	FC1= $1.5717 CAD	FC1= $1.5702 CAD
31-Jul-14	FC1= $1.5600 CAD	FC1= $1.5594 CAD
30-Aug-14	FC1= $1.5500 CAD

Required:

a) Prepare dated journal entries for Fleming to reflect the above transactions using the current method. Do not use hedge accounting.

b) Prepare dated journal entries for Fleming to reflect the above transactions using the net method. Do not use hedge accounting.

c) Explain how your journal entry on the settlement date would change if the receivable was hedged.

Question 2

In 2015, Corbus Co., a Canadian company, created a foreign subsidiary called Snazzy Ltd. by investing $2,000,000 CAD (800,000 FC) in return for all of Snazzy's common shares. In preparing to start operations, Snazzy acquired equipment for 960,000 FC and took out a 320,000 FC loan. Snazzy is committed to repaying the loan in 3 years. In 2016, Snazzy acquired a tract of land for320,000 FC. All dividends were paid on December 31 of the years in which they were declared.

Snazzy's financial statements for its first 2 years of operations are presented below.

Snazzy Ltd. Statement of Financial Position As of December 31 (in FC)
	2016	2015
Assets:
Current assets:
Cash	$48.00	$256,000
Accounts receivable	64,000	48,000
	112,000	304,000
Noncurrent assets:
Land	320,000	-
Equipment	960,000	960,000
Accumulated amortization	192,000	96,000
	1,088,000	864,000
Total assets	$1,200,000	$1,168,000
Liabilities and shareholder's equity:
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	16,000	32,000
Noncurrent liabilities:
Loan payable	320,000	320,000
	336,000	352,000
Shareholder's equity:
Share capital	800,000	800,000
Retained earnings	64,000	16,000
	864,000	816,000
Total liabilities and shareholder's equity	$1,200,000	$1,168,000

Snazzy Ltd. Statement of Comprehensive Income For the year ended December 31 (in FC)
	2016	2015
Revenue	$480,000	$352,000
Expenses:
Amortization	96,000	96,000
Interest	64,000	64,000
Other expenses	192,000	128,000
	352,000	288,000
Net and comprehensive income	$128,000	$64,000

Snazzy Ltd. Statement of Changes in Equity - Retained Earnings Section For the year ended December 31 (in FC)
	2016	2015
Retained earnings, beginning of year	$16,000	$ -
Net income	128,000	64,000
Dividends declared	80,000	48,000
Retained earnings, end of year	$64,000	$16,000

Selected exchange rates
when the equipment was purchased	1FC = $2.30 CAD
when the loan was negotiated	1FC = $2.40 CAD
when the land was purchased	1FC = $1.90 CAD
average during 2015	1FC = $2.20 CAD
31-Dec-15	1FC = $2.00 CAD
Average during 2016	1FC = $1.70 CAD
31-Dec-16	1FC = $1.50 CAD

Required:

a) Assume that Snazzy's functional currency is the Canadian dollar.

i) Translate Snazzy's 2015 financial statements using the appropriate method.

ii) Independently calculate the translation gain/loss.

iii) Repeat (i) and (ii) for 2016.

b) Assume that Snazzy's functional currency is the FC.

i) Translate Snazzy's 2015 financial statements using the appropriate method.

ii) Independently calculate the translation gain/loss.

iii) Repeat (i) and (ii) for 2016.

Question 3

Prints Galore Ltd., a Canadian company, acquired 100% of Sculptures Ltd. for FC 300,000 on January 1, 2014.Prints Galore's functional currency is the Canadian dollar and Sculpture's functional currency is the FC. Selected exchange rates are presented below:

1-Jan-14	FC1 = $1.6993 CAD
31-Dec-15	FC1 = $1.7182 CAD
31-Dec-16	FC1 = $1.7233 CAD

Assume that the average rate for 2014, 2015, and 2016 is FC 1 = $1.7201 CAD.

Required:

a) At the time of acquisition, the fair value of Sculpture's net assets was FC 200,000. There has been no impairment of goodwill.

i) Calculate the amount of goodwill that should be presented on Prints Galore's December 31, 2016 consolidated statement of financial position.

ii) Calculate the amount of exchange gain/loss, if any, that should be reported on Prints Galore's 2016 consolidated statement of income under other comprehensive income.

b) Assume that at the time of acquisition, the fair value of Sculpture's net assets is FC 300,000. All of the net assets equaled their carrying value with the exception of some machinery which exceeded its carrying value by FC 100,000. The machinery has a remaining useful life of 5 years. Both Prints and Sculpture use straight-line amortization.

i) At the end of 2016, what amount, if any, of the acquisition differential should be added to the net book value of the equipment?

ii) Calculate the amortization expense, if any, related to the acquisitiondifferential that should be included in Prints' consolidated statement ofcomprehensive income for 2016.

iii) Calculate the ending balance of the cumulative exchange gain, cumulative OCI. 

Question 4

Senior Immigrants (SI) is an NFPO established a few years agoto help senior immigrants learn English and integrate into Canadian society. SI has some paid staff supported by a large group of volunteers. The organization is funded by government grants and private donations. During the current year, the following events occurred:

• SI was awarded a $1,000,000 government grant. The terms of the grant are:

- $380,000 for the acquisition of four mini-buses

- $120,000 for rent for the next 2 years

- $500,000 for SI's operations and programs

In the current year, SI received $750,000-$380,000 for the mini-buses, $120,000 for the rent, and $250,000 for its operations and programs. The remaining $250,000 will be released next year.

• During the current year, SI paid actual rental costs of $55,000.

• A local car dealership that has made substantial donations to SI in the pastsupplied the mini-buses and customized them to SI's requirements. The customized vehicles have a fair value of $500,000, but the car dealership sold the vehicles to SI for $425,000. SI took delivery of the vehicles in the summer of the current year.

• The vehicles are expected to have a 10-year useful life. SI's policy is to take a full year's of amortization in the year of acquisition.

• In the current year, SI paid salaries of $150,000. $25,000 of the salaries related to fundraising for endowments and the rest was related to operations and SI's annual fundraising projects.

• In the current year, SI paid $10,000 for a training seminar for volunteers.

• In the spring of the current year, SI held a karaoke fundraiser that raised $50,000. SI incurred $21,000 in costs related to this fundraiser. The funds raised have been designated by the donor for SI's Canadian cooking program.

• SI's participation in an annual local television telethon resulted in pledges of $235,000. $169,000 had been collected by the end of the current year.

• On July 1 of the current year, SI received an endowment of $250,000 from a refugee who became a successful business person in Canada. The investment income from this endowment can be used by SI as it sees fit. The funds were invested in bonds that have an annual yield of 3%.

Required:

Prepare the necessary journal entries for the current year using

a) the deferral method

and

b) the restricted fund method.

Be sure the account names you use clearly identify the type of account or fund.