In: Accounting
On January 1, 2018, Swifty Incorporated sold services to a
Canadian supply company and accepted a three-year note in the
amount of 10,100 Canadian dollars. Assume that exchange rates
between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar are as
follows:
Date | U.S. Dollars per Canadian Dollars |
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January 1, 2018 | $0.96 | |
December 31, 2018 | 1.00 | |
December 31, 2019 | 0.92 |
Provide the journal entries (in U.S. dollars) prepared by Swifty to
record the receipt of the note and the exchange gains/losses
recognized on December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2019. Ignore any
interest on the note. (Credit account titles are
automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent
manually. If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the
account titles and enter 0 for the
amounts.)
Date |
Account Titles and Explanation |
Debit |
Credit |
(Made sale in exchange for a note.) |
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(Recorded foreign currency |
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(Incurred foreign currency |
Answer:
Journal For recording Revenue |
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January 1st 2018 |
Notes Receivable |
$ 9696 |
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Service Revenue |
$ 9696 |
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(Recording of revenue taking Exchange rate $ 0.96 per Canadian Dollar) |
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Journal entry at year end 31st December 2018 |
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December 31st 2018 |
Foreign Currency Exchange loss |
$ 404 |
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Notes Receivable |
$ 404 |
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(Decrease in value of Dollar recorded) |
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Jaournal entry at year end 31st december 2019 |
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December 31st 2019 |
Notes Receivable |
$ 808 |
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Gain on Foreign Currency Exchange |
$ 808 |
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(gain on Foreign Currency recorded) |
Working note |
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Date |
Transaction |
Amount in Canadian dollar |
Exchange rate |
Amount in Dollars |
Jan 1st 2018 |
Sale |
CAN $ 10100 |
$ 0.96 |
$ 9696 |
Dec 31st 2018 |
Year end Adjustment |
CAN $ 10100 |
$ 1 00 |
$ 10100 |
Exchange loss |
$ 404 |
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31st Dec 2018 |
Balance of Notes Receivable |
$ 10100 |
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31st Dec 2019 |
Year end Adjustment |
CAN $ 10100 |
$ 0.92 |
$ 9292 |
31st Dec 2019 |
Exchange Gain |
$ 808 |