PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS.
The following problems were presented by the Board of Examiners of the American Institute of Accountants as the second section of the examination in accounting theory and practice held in May, 1938. On January 3, 1936, the Eastern Manufacturing Corp. organized a subsidiary, the Eastern Sales Company of France, to operate at retail in Paris. Not having had any previous experience with foreign exchange, the treasurer of Eastern Manufacturing Corp. consults an account in February, 1937, concerning the valuation to be placed on the inventory of Eastern Sales Company of France at December 31, 1936, and the handling of intercompany transactions. The following data are furnished, sales of product by Eastern Manufacturing Corp. to Eastern Sales Company of France at $5 per unit, payable in dollars, February 15, 1936, 200,000 units, April 4, 1936, 10,000 units, July 20, 1936, 20,000 units and November 14, 1936, 50,000 units. The following information is requested, a statement showing transactions in the intercompany dollar account with Eastern Manufacturing Corp. as they should be recorded in the books of Eastern Sales Company of France.
- DOI
- 10.2308/tar-7058823
- Volume
- 13 (3)
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- 292-320
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