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A going concern is an accounting term for a business that is assumed will meet its financial obligations when they become due. It functions without the threat of liquidation for the foreseeable future, which is usually regarded as at least the next 12 months or the specified accounting period (the longer of the two).
Foreign exchange risk is the risk that the exchange rate will change unfavorably before payment is made or received in the currency . For example, if a United States company doing business in Japan is compensated in yen, that company has risk associated with fluctuations in the value of the yen versus the United States dollar. [1]
Accounting for Retirement Benefits in Financial Statements of Employers (1983) Retirement Benefit Costs (1993) Employee Benefits (1998) 1983 January 1, 1985: IAS 20: Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance 1983 January 1, 1984: IAS 21: Accounting for the Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (1983)
Nostro accounts are mostly commonly used for currency settlement, where a bank or other financial institution needs to hold balances in a currency other than its home accounting unit. For example: First National Bank of A does some transactions (loans, foreign exchange, etc.) in USD, but banks in A will only handle
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) [2] provide rules for translation of foreign currency transactions and financial statements. SFAS 52 introduced the concept of functional currency , defined as "the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates; normally, that is, the currency of the environment in ...
The United States, for example, gleans a substantially larger rate of return from foreign capital than foreigners do from owning United States capital. In the traditional accounting of balance of payments, the current account equals the change in net foreign assets. A current account deficit implies a reduction of net foreign assets:
Accounting standards enable hedge accounting for three different designated forex hedges: A cash flow hedge may be designated for a highly probable forecasted transaction, a firm commitment (not recorded on the balance sheet), foreign currency cash flows of a recognized asset or liability, or a forecasted intercompany transaction.
An example of an economic risk would be a shift in exchange rates that influences the demand for a good sold in a foreign country. Another example of an economic risk is the possibility that macroeconomic conditions will influence an investment in a foreign country. [8]