South-Western Federal Taxation 2019: Individual Income Taxes (Intuit ProConnect Tax Online 2017 & RIA Checkpoint 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card)
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Explain, the reason of the exacerbation of the company’s error when LIFO is replaced with FIFO system of
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Zimt AG uses the FIFO method, and Nutmeg Inc. uses the LIFO method. Compared tothe cost of replacing the inventory, during periods of rising prices the ending inventorybalance reported by:A. Zimt is too high.B. Nutmeg is too low.C. Nutmeg is too high.
Which statements below are true?
1. LCM and LCNRV may be applied by individual products, by product category or by total inventory.
2. A firm that wants to minimize the negative impact of inventory write-down on net income should apply LCM or LCNRV by individual products.
3. If inventory write-down is usual and not substantial, a firm should debit "Loss on inventory write-down” and credit "Inventory".
4. LCM and LCNRV applied by total inventory will result in higher value of inventory and lower inventory write-down than by individual products, by product category.
5. If inventory write-down is unusual and substantial, a firm should debit "Cost of good sold" and credit "Inventory".
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