Monday, January 17, 2011

High Inflationary Environment

A U.S. company's subsidiary is operating in a highly inflationary environment. Treatments in U.S. GAAP and IFRS (for comparison) are as follows:

High Inflationary Environment
Foreign subsidiary's :U.S. GAAPIFRS
Nonmonetary assetsNOT restated for inflationAdjusted for inflation
Nonmonetary liabilitiesNOT restated for inflationAdjusted for inflation
Financial statementsAdjusted for inflation
Net purchasing power gain or loss
  1. Recognized in I/S.
  2. The subsidiary is translated in USD using the current rate method.
Foreign currency translationTemporal methodCurrent rate method
Foreign currency adjustment gain or loss is recognized in:I/SB/S

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