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Three Main Steps to Accurate Accounting for Foreign Currency Transactions Translate all foreign currency items into Canadian dollars. Record the rate of exchange on the date the transaction occurred. Record the gains and losses of the translation between currencies.

The company can make the finance lease journal entry by debiting the lease asset account and crediting the lease liability account. In this journal entry, the amount of lease asset or lease liability recorded is the fair value of total lease payments.

As the lease is being paid off over 20 years, some of this liability will be paid off within a year and should therefore be classed as a current liability.

The journal entry for a capital lease is the fair value of all future lease payments, calculated as the present value of future lease payments in the lease contract. Journal entries include the initial recognition of the lease, along with finance lease interest, depreciation, and recording payments.

Since a lessee's lease liability is a monetary item, the liability is translated using a current exchange rate at the end of each reporting period and foreign exchange differences are recognised in profit or loss.

The gains and losses arising from foreign currency transactions that are recorded and translated at one rate and then result in transactions at a later date and different rate are recorded in the equity section of the balance sheet.

Record the Value of the Transaction Record the Value of the Transaction. Record the value of the transaction in dollars at the exchange rate current at the time of purchase or sale.Calculate the Value in Dollars. Calculate the value of the payment in dollars at the exchange rate current when the transaction is settled.