Financial Accounting, 8th Edition
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ISBN: 9780078025556
Author: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Daniel Short
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 10P
(Chapter Supplement A) Analyzing LIFO and FIFO When Inventory Quantities Decline Based on an Actual Note
In a recent annual report, General Electric reported the following in its inventory note:
| December 31 (dollars in millions) | Current Year | Prior Year |
| Raw materials and work in progress | $5,603 | $5,515 |
| Finished goods | 2,863 | 2,546 |
| Unbilled shipments | 246 | 280 |
| 8,712 | 8,341 | |
| Less revaluation to LIFO | (2,226) | (2,076) |
| LIFO value of inventories | $6,486 | $6,265 |
It also reported a $23 million change in cost of goods sold due to "lower inventory levels.”
Required:
- 1. Compute the increase or decrease in the pretax operating
profit (loss ) that would have been reported for the current year had GE employed FIFO accounting for all inventory for both years. - 2. Compute the increase or decrease in pretax operating profit that would have been reported had GE employed LIFO but not reduced inventory quantities during the current year.
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Financial Accounting, 8th Edition
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