Ltd Co client has a USD bank account. I'm preparing 2011 annual accounts per FRSSE 2008 and I need to translate the value of the USD bank account as at 31st December 2011. There are no forward contracts in place. Which rate do I use? Where do I get it from?
Many thanks
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I Concur
I'm with Mr Hound, I always use Oanda.com. You can look up historical exchange rates which is very useful for currency revaluations.
An alternative......
I get my historical exchange rate information from the Pacific Exchange Rate service:
SSAP 20 Foreign currency
Technically you shouldn't use Oanda, as it doesn't match the definition in SSAP 20 para 41, in that you need the closing rate for spot transactions at the close of business on the day for which the rate is to be ascertained and Oanada doesn't do that. So I'm afraid, it's either the Bank of England, as recommended by Old Grey Accountant, or the old newspaper favourite: The FT.
http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Currencies
Scroll down to the bottom, select "currency summary" and you can get historical currency data going back to 2009.
How many remember the pile of pink newspapers in the cupboard for just this purpose?