Ginvold Co

question 15

Essay

Ginvold Co. began operating a subsidiary in a foreign country on January 1, 2011 by acquiring all of the common stock for §50,000 Stickles, the local currency. This subsidiary immediately borrowed §120,000 on a five-year note with ten percent interest payable annually beginning on January 1, 2012. A building was then purchased for §170,000 on January 1, 2011. This property had a ten-year anticipated life and no salvage value and was to be depreciated using the straight-line method. The building was immediately rented for three years to a group of local doctors for §6,000 per month. By year-end, payments totaling §60,000 had been received. On October 1, §5,000 were paid for a repair made on that date and it was the only transaction of this kind for the year. A cash dividend of §6,000 was transferred back to Ginvold on December 31, 2011. The functional currency for the subsidiary was the Stickle (§). Currency exchange rates were as follows:
Prepare a statement of retained earnings for this subsidiary in stickles and then translate the amounts into U.S. dollars.

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Definitions:

Unconditional Retention

Unconditional retention often refers to the total retention or memorization of information without conditions or contingencies.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, an unconditioned stimulus is something that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning needed, such as food causing salivation in dogs.

Unconditional Statement

A statement or proposition that is true or asserted without any conditions or limitations.

Classical Conditioning

A training approach involving the regular pairing of two cues, where a response originally provoked by the second cue becomes triggered by only the first cue over time.