Bulldog Enterprise, a U.S. firm, agreed on February 1, 20X1, to buy gears from a Mexican firm for 75,000 pesos. Delivery is scheduled for April 1, 20X1, with payment due on May 1, 20X1. On February 1, 20X1, Bulldog also acquired a forward contract to buy 75,000 pesos on May 1, 20X1. (The gears represent inventory to the U.S. firm.) There are no fiscal period ends.
Required:
Prepare the journal entries necessary for Bulldog Enterprise to record this activity. Assume that the following exchange rates existed:
Discount rate 15%

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Bulldog Enterprise, a U.S. firm, agreed on February 1, 20X1, to buy gears from a Mexican firm for 75,000 pesos. Delivery is scheduled for April 1, 20X1, with payment due on May 1, 20X1. On February 1, 20X1, Bulldog also acquired a forward contract to buy 75,000 pesos on May 1, 20X1. (The gears represent inventory to the U.S. firm.) There are no fiscal period ends.
Required:
Prepare the journal entries necessary for Bulldog Enterprise to record this activity. Assume that the following exchange rates existed:
  Discount rate  15%

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The Answer of Bulldog Enterprise, a U.S. firm, agreed on February 1, 20X1, to buy gears from a Mexican firm for 75,000 pesos. Delivery is scheduled for April 1, 20X1, with payment due on May 1, 20X1. On February 1, 20X1, Bulldog also acquired a forward contract to buy 75,000 pesos on May 1, 20X1. (The gears represent inventory to the U.S. firm.) There are no fiscal period ends.
Required:
Prepare the journal entries necessary for Bulldog Enterprise to record this activity. Assume that the following exchange rates existed:
  Discount rate  15%