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Central Valley Transit Inc. (CVT) has just signed a contract to purchase light rail cars from a manufacturer in Germany for euro 3,000,000. The purchase was made in June with payment due six months later in December. Because this is a sizable contract for the firm and because the contract is in euros rather than dollars, CVT is considering several hedging alternatives to reduce the exchange rate risk arising from the sale. To help the firm make a hedging decision you have gathered the following information. . The spot exchange rate is $1. 250/euro ∙. The six month forward rate is $1. 22/euro ∙. CVT's forecast for 6-month spot rates is $1. 27/euro ∙. The budget rate, or the highest acceptable purchase price for this project, is $3,900,000 or $1. 30/euro If CVT locks in the forward hedge at $1. 22/euro, and the spot rate when the transaction was recorded on the books was $1. 25/euro, this will result in a "foreign exchange accounting transaction ________ of ________

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gain; $90,000, the required answer for the given question is option (c).

What is foreign exchange accounting transaction?

There was a need for regulations on how to approach revenue produced in foreign currencies since firms were increasingly utilizing global markets. The term "foreign exchange accounting" refers to the accounting of business transactions carried out in currencies other than the reporting entity's functional currency. These transactions are recorded in the exchange rate of the reporting entity using the rate of exchange in effect on the transaction date.

This also accounts for any profits or losses brought on by variations in the anticipated exchange rate between both the entity's functional currency and the currency where a transaction is expressed.

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Refer to Instruction 10.1. If CVT locks in the forward hedge at $1.22/euro, and the spot rate when the transaction was recorded on the books

was $1.25/euro, this will result in a "foreign exchange accounting transaction ________ of ________.

A) loss; $90,000.

B) loss; €90,000.

C) gain; $90,000.

D) gain; €90,000.

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