We even called ourselves Los Dos Traviesos, Spanish for the comic strip characters, The Katzenjammer Kids. In 1897, The Katzenjammer Kids,'' the pioneering comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks, made its debut in the New York Journal.
International Accounting Standard 21 (IAS 21) defines functional currency as âthe currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operatesâ. The same Standard defines presentation currency as âthe currency in which the financial statements are presentedâ. The functional currency is determined by looking at a number of relevant factors. This currency should be the currency in which an entity usually generates and spends cash.
Determining the functional currency of a foreign entity requires a close look at the entity's cash flow. The FASB's Accounting Standards Codification states that an entity's primary economic environment is the one where the entity generates and spends cash.he first category includes those entities the operations of which are self-contained in a foreign economic environment and distinct from the parent entity. The functional currency for these foreign entities is the foreign currency.