Yang Corporation starts a foreign subsidiary on January 1 by investing 25,000 rand. Yang owns all of the shares of the subsidiary’s common stock. The foreign subsidiary generates 50,000 rand of net income throughout the year and pays no dividends. The rand is the foreign subsidiary’s functional currency. Currency exchange rates for 1 rand are as follows: January 1 $0.25 = 1 rand Average for the year 0.28 = 1 December 31 0.31 = 1 In preparing consolidated financial statements, what translation adjustment will Yang report at the end of the current year?

$3,000 credit

Explanation:

Given the followin currency exchange rates for 1 rand are as follows:

January 1 $0.25 = 1 rand

Average for the year 0.28 = 1

December 31 0.31 = 1

Net income conversion Investment using January 1 rate = 50,000 rand × $0.25 = $12,500

Net income conversion Investment using December 31 rate = 50,000 rand × $0.31 = $15,500

Credit (Debit) = $15,500 - $12,500 =$3,000

Therefore, the translation adjustment that Yang will report at the end of the current year is $3,000 credit since the difference is positive.

in 2001, dell computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to

gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of

dollars in losses. dell sells 90% of its pcs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the

reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s pc sales. this direct customer relationship

is the key to dell’s business model, and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales

model. dell’s direct relationship with the customer allows it to tailor its offerings to customer

needs, offer add-on products and services, and use the internet to offer a variety of customer

services. in addition, dell’s pcs are built to customers’ specifications upon receipt of an order,

giving dell additional advantages over indirect pc vendors who must try to forecast demand and

ship products based on those forecasts. dell’s direct sales and build-to-order model has achieved

superior performance in the pc industry in terms of inventory turnover, reduced overhead, cash

conversion, and return on investment (kraemer, et al., 2000).

explanation:

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