Translating foreign currency into U.S. dollars
Translating foreign currency into U.S. dollars
You must express the amounts you report on your U.S. tax return in U.S. dollars. Therefore, you must translate foreign currency into U.S. dollars if you receive income or pay expenses in a foreign currency. In general, use the exchange rate prevailing (i.e., the spot rate) when you receive, pay or accrue the item.
The only exception relates to some qualified business units (QBUs), which are generally allowed to use the currency of a foreign country. If you have a QBU with a functional currency that is not the U.S. dollar, make all income determinations in the QBU’s functional currency, and where appropriate, translate such income or loss at the appropriate exchange rate.
A taxpayer may also need to recognize foreign currency gain or loss on certain foreign currency transactions. See section 988 of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.
Note: Payments of U.S. tax must be remitted to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in U.S. dollars.
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