Revaluation is changes in the value of a country's currency relative to other currencies. Transactions can be made in different currencies, International companies can make purchases in foreign currency, whereas their Functional Currency is the home currency.
Pre-condition:
- Assign the current exchange rates of the foreign currency to functional currency.
Go to Common info > Currency Exchange rate. - Close the period to be revalue. Go to Fiscal Year > Open the Fiscal Year of the period to revalue > Close the period of the module.
Take Note:
- Purchasing and Sales module should have a status of revalued first before closing the General Ledger. Hence it will prompt a message
"AP and AR Modules needs to be revalued first before setting GL status to closed."
- No unposted transactions. Hence, Batch posting screen will display.
Here are the steps on how to Revalue Currency:
- Create a transactions from General Journal (Foreign to Foreign Currency). then Click save and post.
- Then, from General Ledger menu > Activities > Click Revalue Currency
- Click new button to open Revalue Multi-Currency screen.
- Fill in the Fiscal Period and the Transaction Type dropdown.
- It will automatically load the transactions details
- Verify the Current Forex Rate
- Filter the General Journal Account ID
- Verify the transaction data
- It will automatically load the transactions details
5. Modify the current forex rate today. Data will be calculated
Computations:
- Transaction Amount * Forex Rate = Historic Amount
- Transaction Amount * New Forex Rate = New Amount
- New Amount - Historic Amount = Realized Gain / Loss
6. Click Save and Post Revalue Multi-Currency screen.
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