Foreign branch audit records subseries, 1926-1946.

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Ford Motor Company. Auditing Department. Foreign branch audit records subseries, 1926-1946.

Foreign branch audit records subseries, 1926-1946.

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The Foreign Branch records subseries is made up of five subsubseries: The Accounting records subsubseries, 1926 (0.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 394, consists of correspondence, accounts receivable and payable analysis, exchange balances, branch profit and loss balance sheets, credit and debit balance sheets, and audited accounting data from Ford Motor Company branches in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, and Uruguay. The Audit Reports records subsubseries, 1935-1945 (0.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 415, is made up of financial and administrative audit reports of Ford overseas branch operations in France and Germany. The audit reports include working papers, correspondence, and summary reports on the financial operations of two of Ford's European branch companies: Matford S. A. and Ford Werke, A. G. The reports were written by traveling auditors and detail the day-to-day organization and operations of the branches on the eve of World War II. The Bank Account Statements subsubseries, 1933-1946 (12.8 cubic ft.), Acc. 708, consists of branch account reconciliation statements, correspondence, credit and debit memorandums, and bank account statements for Ford subsidiary and associated companies in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and Uruguay. The European Branch Reorganization subsubseries, 1928-1939 (0.8 cubic ft.), Acc. 282, contains correspondence and financial working papers related to the reorganization of Ford's European operations. In 1928, Lord Percival L. D. Perry, general manager of Ford Motor Company, Ltd., successfully lobbied Ford management to reorganize the company's European branches as subsidiaries of the English Ford company in large part to address tax issues generated by multiple taxes on personal and corporate assets, income, and profits. Under Perry's plan, Ford Motor Company, Ltd. purchased the Ford family's stock holdings in branch companies in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey while Ford Motor Company and the Ford family members retained a majority stock holding in the English company. The Treasury Reports subsubseries, 1926-1946 (2 cubic ft and 5 volumes), Acc. 710, consists of treasury license applications, correspondence, branch income statements, branch expense reports, asset and liability information, and foreign-owned property records. The material primarily relates to Ford Motor Company's work to begin funding and reestablishing branch operations during post-war reconstruction.

16.4 cubic ft. and 5 volumes.

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