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Reporting Operations in Different CountriesWatson Inc., a multinational company, has opera...

Reporting Operations in Different Countries

Watson Inc., a multinational company, has operating divisions in France, Mexico, and Japan as well as in the United States. The company reported the following information on its consolidated financial statements for 20X5:

From the consolidated income statement:

 

Sales revenues

$856,000,000

Net income

60,000,000

From the consolidated balance sheet:

 

Total assets

$750,000,000

The following additional information was assembled for Watson’s domestic and international operations for 20X5 (dollars stated in millions):

Item

Domestic

France

Mexico

Japan

Sales to unaffiliated customers

$430

$300

$36

$90

Intracompany sales between

 

 

 

 

geographic areas

50

 

 

10

Operating profit

7

40

2

18

General corporate expenses

30

 

 

 

Long-lived assets

235

160

29

81

Additional Information

1.  The domestic intracompany sales of $50,000,000 were made to Watson’s French division. A total gross profit of $20,000,000 was realized by Watson’s domestic operations on these sales. At December 31, 20X5, $10,000,000 of the total gross profit was unrealized from a consolidated viewpoint. At December 31, 20X5, Watson’s French division owed domestic $15,000,000 related to these sales.

2.  The intracompany sales made by Watson’s Japanese division were made to Watson’s Mexican division. The Japanese division realized a gross profit of $2,000,000 on the sales. At December 31, 20X5, all of the goods sold to the Mexican division remained in its inventory. At December 31, 20X5, the Japanese division had an $8,000,000 receivable related to these sales.

Required

a.Determine whether Watson Inc. must separately report its foreign operations.


b.Determine which of the three individual foreign geographic segments is separately reportable, using a 10 percent materiality threshold.


c.Prepare the information about the company’s domestic and foreign operations as required by FASB 131 (ASC 280).

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