Diekmann Company, a U.S.-based company, acquired a 100 percent interest in Rakona A.S. in the Czech Republic on January 1, 2014, when the exchange rate for the Czech koruna (Kc? s) was $0.05. Rakona’s financial statements as of December 31, 2015, two years later, follow:
Additional Information
• The January 1, 2015, beginning inventory of Kc? s 6,000,000 was acquired on December 18, 2014, when the exchange rate was $0.043. Purchases of inventory were acquired uniformly during 2013. The December 31, 2015, ending inventory of Kc? s 8,500,000 was acquired in the latter part of 2015 when the exchange rate was $0.032. All fixed assets were on the books when the subsidiary was acquired except for Kc? s 5,000,000 of equipment acquired on January 3, 2015, when the exchange rate was $0.036, and Kc? s 12,000,000 in buildings acquired on March 5, 2015, when the exchange rate was $0.034. Straight-line depreciation is 10 years for equipment and 40 years for buildings. A full year’s depreciation is taken in the year of acquisition.
• Dividends were declared and paid on December 15, 2015, when the exchange rate was $0.031.
• Other exchange rates for 1 Kc? s follow:
Part I. Translate the Czech koruna financial statements at December 31, 2015, in the following three situations:
a. The Czech koruna is the functional currency. The December 31, 2014, U.S. dollar–translated balance sheet reported retained earnings of $22,500. The December 31, 2014, cumulative translation adjustment was negative $202,500 (debit balance).
b. The U.S. dollar is the functional currency. The December 31, 2014, Retained Earnings account in U.S. dollars (including a 2014 remeasurement gain) that appeared in Rakona’s remeasured financial statements was $353,000.
c. The U.S. dollar is the functional currency. Rakona has no long-term debt. Instead, it has common stock of Kc? s 20,000,000 and additional paid-in capital of Kc? s 50,000,000. The December 31, 2014, U.S. dollar–translated balance sheet reported a negative balance in retained earnings of $147,000 (including a 2014 remeasurement loss).
Part II. Explain the positive or negative sign of the translation adjustment in Part I( a ) and explain why a remeasurement gain or loss exists in Parts I( b ) and I( c).
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