Question

A Belgium subsidiary’s beginning and ending trial balances appear below:

	Dr (Cr)
	January 1	December 31
Cash, receivables	€   1,500	€ 1,200
Inventories	3,000	3,500
Plant & equipment, net	30,000	39,000
Liabilities	(18,500)	(27,200)
Capital stock	(4,000)	(4,000)
Retained earnings, beginning	(12,000)	(12,000)
Sales revenue	--	(15,000)
Cost of sales		9,500
Out-of-pocket selling & administrative expenses	--	4,000
Depreciation expense	--	1,000
Total	€           0	€           0

Exchange rates ($/€) are:

Beginning of year	$1.25
Average for year	1.22
End of year	1.20

The subsidiary was acquired at the beginning of the year. Its sales, inventory purchases, and out-of-pocket selling and administrative expenses occurred evenly during the year. Equipment was purchased for €10,000 when the exchange rate was $1.23. Depreciation for the year includes €200 related to the equipment purchased during the year. The ending inventory was purchased at the end of the year, and the beginning inventory was purchased at the end of the previous year.

If the subsidiary’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar, what is the remeasurement gain or loss  for the year?

Answer 1

A Belgium subsidiary’s beginning and ending trial balances appear below:
	Dr (Cr)		Dr (Cr)
	31-Dec	Exchange Rate	31-Dec
Cash, receivables	€     1,200.00	1.2	$                   1,440.00
Inventories	€     3,500.00	1.2	$                   4,200.00
Plant & equipment, net	€   39,000.00	1.2	$                 46,800.00
Liabilities	€ (27,200.00)	1.2	$               (32,640.00)
Capital stock	€   (4,000.00)	1.25	$                 (5,000.00)
Retained earnings, beginning	€ (12,000.00)	1.25	$               (15,000.00)
Sales revenue	€ (15,000.00)	1.22	$               (18,300.00)
Cost of sales	€     9,500.00	1.22	$                 11,590.00
Out-of-pocket selling & administrative expenses	€     4,000.00	1.22	$                   4,880.00
Depreciation expense	1,000	1.25	$                   1,250.00
Remeasurement Gain			$                    (780.00)
	€                     -	€                     -
Exchange rates
beginning	1.25
Average	1.22
Ending	1.2