FOREIGN
CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS
DEFINITIONS
OF TERMS
Conversion. The exchange of one currency for another.
Current exchange rate. The rate at which one unit of a currency can be exchanged for
(converted into) another currency. For purposes of translation of financial
statements, the current exchange rate is the rate at the end of the period
covered by the financial statements or at the dates of recognition in those
statements with respect to revenues, expenses, gains, and losses.
Foreign currency. A currency other than the functional currency of the reporting
entity being referred to (for example, the Philipine peso could be a foreign
currency for a foreign entity).
Foreign currency
transactions. Transactions whose terms are denominated in a
currency other than the reporting entity’s functional currency. Foreign
currency transactions arise when an enterprise (1) buys or sells goods or
services on credit whose prices are denominated in foreign currency, (2)
borrows or lends funds and the amounts payable or receivable are denominated in
foreign currency, (3) is a party to an unperformed forward exchange contract,
or (4) for other reasons, acquires or disposes of assets or incurs or settles
liabilities denominated in foreign currency.
Functional currency. The currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity
operates; normally, the currency of the environment in which the entity
primarily generates and expends cash.
Local currency. The currency of a particular country being referred to.
Monetary items. Cash, claims to receive a fixed amount of cash, and obligations to
pay a fixed amount of cash.
Non-monetary items. All statement of financial position items other than cash, claims
to cash, and cash obligations.
Reporting currency. The currency used by the entity to prepare its financial
statements.
Spot rate. The exchange rate for immediate delivery of currencies exchanged.
Transaction date. The date on which a transaction (for example, a sale or purchase
of merchandise or services) is recognized in accounting records in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles. A long-term commitment may have
more than one transaction date (for example, the due date of each progress
payment under a construction contract is an anticipated transaction date).
Transaction gain or loss. Transaction gains or losses result from a change in exchange rates
between the functional currency and the currency in which a foreign currency
transaction is denominated. They represent an increase or decrease in (1) the
actual functional currency cash flows realized upon settlement of foreign
currency transactions and (2) the expected functional currency cash flows on
unsettled foreign currency transactions.
Rules for
translating FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS (FCT) into the entity’s FUNCTIONAL
CURRENCY:
a. A FCT shall be recorded, on initial recognition the functional
currency, by applying to the foreign currency amount the spot exchange rate
between the functional currency and the foreign currency at the date of the
transaction.
b. At each balance sheet date the foreign currency monetary item shall
be adjusted to conform with the closing rate (the spot rate at the balance
sheet date), which same adjustment is recognized as foreign exchange gain or
foreign exchange loss, as the case maybe, and carried to current income
determination even though such gain or loss is unrealized.
c. At the date of settlement, any difference between the book carrying
value of the foreign currency monetary item (established at the most recent
balance sheet date) and the functional currency amount is recognized either as
a foreign exchange gain or loss, as the case maybe, and carried to current
income determination. The functional currency amount is calculated by applying
to the foreign currency amount the spot exchange rate at the date of the
settlement.
Problem 1 (Importing transaction)
Bacoor
Corporation is a Philippine company in the Cavite area. Its functional currency
is the Philippine peso.
On December 10, 2019, Bacoor purchased
equipment from an European Company invoiced at Euro50,000, to be settled
on February 28, 2020. The exchange rates
between the euro currency and the peso at various dates follow:
December 10, 2019 P 60.00
December 31, 2019 (year-end) 60.10
February 28, 2020 60.15
Required:
(a) Prepare all pertinent entries for the above financial information.
(b) At what amounts will the (1) Equipment? P_____ and (2) the Accounts payable? P_____
be shown on the 2019
balance sheets?
Answer:
(a) Journal Entries:
Dec 10 Equipment P
3,000,000
Accounts Payable P 3,000,000
(Euro50,000 x 60)
Dec 31 Forex Loss P 5,000
Accounts Payable P 5,000
(Euro50,000 x (60.10 – 60))
Feb 28 Forex Loss P2,500
Accounts Payable 3,005,000
Cash P3,007,500
(Loss: Euro50,000 x (60.15 – 60.10))
(Cash: Euro50,000 x 60.15)
(b1)
Equipment P3,000,000
(b2) Accounts Payable P3,005,000
Problem
2 (Exporting transaction)
Tagaytay Enterprises, a Philippine exporter sells rattan
baskets to an Australian importer that will pay AUD15,000. Tagaytay does not
require immediate payment and allows its foreign buyer 90 days to pay for its
purchases. Tagaytay shipped the goods on December 1, 2019, with payment to be
received on March 1, 2020.
The following are the
exchange rates between the Australian Dollar and the Philippine peso at
pertinent dates:
December 1, 2019 AUD1: P46.30
December 31, 2019 ( year-end) AUD1: P46.34
March 1, 2020 AUD1:
P46.28
Required:
(a) Prepare all pertinent journal entries for the above information in
the books of Tagaytay Enterprises.
(b) At what amounts will any foreign exchange gain/ (loss) be shown on
the (1) 2019 income, statement P_______________ and on the (2) 2020 income
statement P__________________.?
Answer:
(a) Journal Entries:
Dec 1 Accounts Receivable P 694,500
Sales P 694,500
(AUD15,000 x 46.30)
Dec 31 Accounts Receivable P 600
Forex Gain P 600
(AUD15,000 x (46.34 – 46.30))
Mar 1 Forex Loss P 900
Cash 694,200
Accounts Receivable P695,100
(Loss: AUD15,000 x (46.28 – 46.34))
(Cash: AUD15,000 x 46.28)
(b1)
2019 Forex Gain P
600
(b2) 2020 Forex Loss P
900
Problem 3 (Investment in Foreign Trading Securities)
Naic Company is a Philippine corporation doing in
business in the Bacolod City area. On October 1, 2019 Naic purchased 1,500
shares of Nigger, Inc. (a listed company in the United states of America) at a
price of USD80 per share. Naic classified the investment as trading securities.
The PHL peso/ US dollar exchange rates on October 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019
were P50.20 and P50.25, respectively. The price of Nigger, Inc. shares at
December 31, 2019 was USD100 each.
Required: Prepare all pertinent entries for the above
financial information.
Answer:
Journal Entries:
Oct 1 Investment in Nigger Shares P 6,024,000
Cash P
6,024,000
(1,500 shares x USD80 x 50.20)
Dec 31 Investment in Nigger Shares P 1,513,500
FV Gain P1,507,500
Forex Gain 6,000
(AUD15,000 x (46.34 – 46.30))
Shares: (1,500 shares x
USD100 x P50.25) – 6,024,000
FV Gain (1,500 shares x
USD20 x P50.25)
Forex Gain [(1,500 shares
x USD80) x .05]