Nash Company began operations in 2019 and determined its ending inventory at cost and at lower-of-LIFO cost-or-market at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020. This information is presented below: Cost 12/31/19 $317,820 444,060 12/31/20 Lower-of-Cost-or-Market $297,230 427,160
Nash Company began operations in 2019 and determined its ending inventory at cost and at lower-of-LIFO cost-or-market at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020. This information is presented below: Cost 12/31/19 $317,820 444,060 12/31/20 Lower-of-Cost-or-Market $297,230 427,160
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Nash Company began operations in 2019 and determined its ending inventory at cost and at lower-of-LIFO cost-or-market at
December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020. This information is presented below:
12/31/19
12/31/20
12/31/19
12/31/20
Cost
$317,820
444,060
(a) Prepare the journal entries required at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020, assuming that the inventory is recorded at
market, and a perpetual inventory system (cost-of-goods-sold method) is used. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when
amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts.)
12/31/19
Lower-of-Cost-or-Market
Date Account Titles and Explanation
12/31/20
$297,230
427,160
Date Account Titles and Explanation
(b) Prepare journal entries required at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020, assuming that the inventory is recorded at
market under a perpetual system (loss method is used). (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not
indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts.)
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(c) Which of the two methods above provides the higher net income in each year?
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