Reference no: EM132964230

Compucat is a Canadian manufacturing company that produces inexpensive personal and laptop computers. The company has been generating progressively more of its sales from foreign markets. During 2019, the company started purchasing most of its components from a supplier in Germany.

To deal with the uncertainty associated with foreign exchange fluctuations, all of Compucat's foreign currency denominated receivables and payables are hedged with contracts with the company's bank.

Compucat's year-end is on December 31. The following transactions took place in 2019:

On September 1, 2019, Compucat purchased components from its German supplier for 100,000 Euros. On that date AMC entered into a forward contract for 100,000 Euros at the 60 day forward rate of 1 Euro = CDN$1.50. The forward contract was designated as a fair value hedge of the amount payable to the German supplier. Compucat settled with the bank and paid its supplier in full on December 1, 2019.

On December 1, 2019 Compucat also shipped a batch of laptop computers to an American client for US$250,000. The invoice required that Compucat receive its payment in full by January 31, 2019. On the date of the sale, the company entered into a forward contract for US$250,000 at the two-month forward rate of US$1 = CDN$1.25. This forward contract was designated to be a fair value hedge of the amount due from the American customer.

The dates and exchange rates relevant to these transactions are shown below:

Spot rate Forward rate

September 1, 2019: 1 Euro = CDN$1.4875 1 Euro = CDN$1.5000
December 1, 2019: 1 Euro = CDN$1.4800 1 Euro = CDN$1.4800
US$1 = CDN$1.2600 US$1 = CDN$1.2500
December 31, 2019: US$1 = CDN$1.2700 US$1 = CDN$1.2600

Problem 1: Prepare the December 31, 2019 Balance Sheet Presentation of the Receivable from the American client and the accounts associated with the hedge. Assume Compucat used the gross method to record the forward contract.