A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a U

question 15

Multiple Choice

A wholly owned subsidiary of a U.S.parent company has certain expense accounts for the year ended December 31, 2014, stated in local currency units (LCU) as follows:
LCU
Assume that the LCU is the subsidiary's functional currency and that the charges to the expense accounts occurred approximately evenly during the year.What total dollar amount should be included in the translated income statement to reflect these expenses?

• A)$687,500
• B)$625,000
• C)$550,000
• D)$500,000

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