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ATW Corporation currently uses the FIFO method of accounting for its inventory for book and tax purposes. Its beginning
inventory for the current year was $8,000,000. Its ending inventory for the current year was $7,000,000. If ATW had been
using the LIFO method of accounting for its inventory, its beginning inventory would have been $7,000,000 and its ending
inventory would have been $5,500,000.
a. How much more in taxes did ATW Corporation pay for the current year because it used the FIFO method of accounting for inventory
rather than the LIFO method?
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ATW Corporation currently uses the FIFO method of accounting for its inventory for book and tax purposes. Its beginning
inventory for the current year was $8,000,000. Its ending inventory for the current year was $7,000,000. If ATW had been
using the LIFO method of accounting for its inventory, its beginning inventory would have been $7,000,000 and its ending
inventory would have been $5,500,000.
a. How much more in taxes did ATW Corporation pay for the current year because it used the FIFO method of accounting for inventory
rather than the LIFO method?
Excess tax paid
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