Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 What amount of ending inventory would have been reported in the current year if Ford had used only FIFO? (Enter your answer in millions.) Reported ending inventory million
Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 What amount of ending inventory would have been reported in the current year if Ford had used only FIFO? (Enter your answer in millions.) Reported ending inventory million
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What amount of ending inventory would have been reported in the current year if Ford had used only FIFO? (Enter your
answer in millions.)
Reported ending inventory
million

Transcribed Image Text:The following note was contained in a recent Ford Motor Company annual report:
NOTE 8. INVENTORIES AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
Inventories at December 31 were as follows (dollars in millions)
Raw material, work in process, & supplies
Finished products
Total inventories at FIFO
Less LIFO Adjustment
Total
Current Year
$ 2,847
3,982
6,829
(928)
$ 5,901
Previous
Year
$ 2,812
3,970
6,782
(865)
$ 5,917
About one-third of inventories were determined under the last-in, first-out method.
Required:
1. What amount of ending inventory would have been reported in the current year if Ford had used only FIFO?
2. The cost of goods sold reported by Ford for the current year was $113,345 million. Determine the cost of goods sold that
would have been reported if Ford had used only FIFO for both years.
3. To lower the cash outflows for taxes, which of the following should the Ford management choose to use for certain of its
inventories when the costs are rising?
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