Question

What are the two methods used to translate financial statements and how does the functional currency play a role in determining which method is used? Provide academic support in your response.

Answer 1

Answer:

The two methods of translating financial statements are the current rate method/closing rate method and the temporal method

Explanation:

Functional currency simply means the main currency used by a business. it could also be defined as the primary currency used in the economic environment in which a business operates as in where it generates most of its cash and also spends it

Functional currency determines to a large extent the method used in translation of financial statements. When there is no difference between local currency and foreign currency, current rate method is used and vice versa for temporal rate method

please find attached from Advanced Accounting

Hoyle, J., Schaefer, T., & Doupnik, T. (2015)