Question:
Post Inc, had a receivable from a foregn customer that is payable in the customer's loca currency. On Dec 31, 2009, Post correctly included this receivable for 200,000 local currency units (LCU) int its balance sheet at $110,000. When Post collected the receivable on Feb 15, 2010, the U.S. dollar equivalent was $95,000. In Post's 2010 consolidated income statement, how much should it report as a foreign exchange loss?