Ignoring income tax considerations, prepare the entry to report this accounting change.

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Macintosh Inc. changed from LIFO to the FIFO inventory costing method on January 1, 2018. Inventory values at the end of each year since the inception of the company are as follows:
 

  FIFO LIFO
2016 $ 209,000   $ 184,500  
2017   418,000     369,000  
 


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Ignoring income tax considerations, prepare the entry to report this accounting change. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

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