In: Accounting
On September 30, 2015, Ericson Company negotiated a 2-year, 1,000,000 dudek loan from a foreign bank at an interest rate of 2 percent per year. It makes interest payments annually on September 30 and will repay the principal on September 30, 2017. Ericson prepares U.S.-dollar financial statements and has a December 31 year-end.
a.Prepare all journal entries related to this foreign currency borrowing assuming the following exchange rates for 1 dudek:
September 30, 2015 | $0.100 |
December 31, 2015 | 0.105 |
September 30, 2016 | 0.120 |
December 31, 2016 | 0.125 |
September 30, 2017 | 0.150 |
b.Determine the effective cost of borrowing in dollars in each of the three years 2015, 2016, and 2017.