FreshFoods, Inc. sells American gourmet foods to merchandisers in Singapore. Prepare the journal entries for FreshFoods, to record the following transactions. Include any year-end adjustments.Dec 20Sold items to Tan, Inc., for 60,000 Singapore dollars. The exchange rate was $0.476 per Singapore dollar. The purchase terms were n/30.Dec 31The exchange rate was $0.480 per Singapore dollar.Jan 17Received payment from Tan for the December 20 sale. The exchange rate was $0.495 per Singapore dollar.

What will be an ideal response?


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Dec 20Accounts Receivable (60,000 * $0.476)28,560?
?  Sales?28,560
Dec 31Accounts Receivable [60,000 * ($0.476 - $0.480)]240?
?  Foreign Exchange Gain?240
Jan 17Cash (60,000 * $0.495)29,700?
?  Foreign Exchange Gain?900
?  Accounts Receivable (28,560 + 240)?28,800

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