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For example, suppose a foreign government has set 10 units of its currency equal to $1 in U.S. currency. To revalue, the government might change the rate to five units per dollar. This results in its currency being twice as expensive when compared to U.S. dollars than it was previously.

What is the difference between foreign currency remeasurement and translation? Remeasurement focuses on converting foreign currencies into the subsidiary's functional currency. Translation focuses on converting the functional currency for a subsidiary into the reporting currency for the parent company.

Key Takeaways The revaluation rate is considered the closing rate for the previous trading session. Revaluation rates show the change in a currency, investment, or portfolio's value at any given point in time.

The purpose of foreign currency revaluation is to help companies remain compliant with accounting standards and keep an accurate record of how much they owe/are owed while factoring in foreign currency exchange rates. In some situations, foreign currency revaluation is also necessary to comply with tax laws.

Currency revaluation is a system-generated transaction that records the impact to base currency valuation due to exchange rate fluctuations.

Devaluation, the deliberate downward adjustment in the official exchange rate, reduces the currency's value; in contrast, a revaluation is an upward change in the currency's value. A key effect of devaluation is that it makes the domestic currency cheaper relative to other currencies.

You would divide 1 by the current exchange rate of the two currencies for the inverse relationship. So for example, if the USD/EUR exchange rate was 0.89, to find the reciprocal exchange rate of EUR/USD, you would perform the following calculation: 1/0.89 to arrive at 1.12.

To change the the currency used within an accounting period you can: Open the client in Accounts Production. Click on Change Currency.