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 8P
Evaluating the Choice between LIFO and FIFO Based on an Inventory Note
An annual report for International Paper Company included the following note:
The last-in, first-out inventory method is used to value most of International Paper's U.S. inventories … If the first-in. first-out method had been used, it would have increased total inventory balances approximately $350 million and $334 million at December 31, 2011, and 2010, respectively.
For the year 2011, International Paper Company reported net income (after taxes) of $1,341 million. At December 31, 2011, the balance of International Paper Company’s
Required:
- 1. Determine the amount of net income that International Paper would have reported in 2011 if it had used the FIFO method (assume a 30 percent tax rate).
- 2. Determine the amount of retained earnings that International Paper would have reported at the end of 2011 if it always had used the FIFO method (assume a 30 percent tax rate).
- 3. Use of the LIFO method reduced the amount of taxes that International Paper had to pay in 2011 compared with the amount that would have been paid if International Paper had used FIFO. Calculate the amount of this reduction (assume a 30 percent tax rate).
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Chapter 7 Solutions
Financial Accounting, 8th Edition
Ch. 7 - Why is inventory an important item to both...Ch. 7 - Prob. 2QCh. 7 - Prob. 3QCh. 7 - Prob. 4QCh. 7 - Prob. 5QCh. 7 - The chapter discussed tour inventory costing...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7QCh. 7 - Contrast the effects of LIFO versus FIFO on...Ch. 7 - Contrast the income statement effect of LIFO...Ch. 7 - Prob. 10Q
Ch. 7 - Explain briefly the application of the LCM concept...Ch. 7 - Prob. 12QCh. 7 - Consider the following information: ending...Ch. 7 - The inventory costing method selected by a company...Ch. 7 - Which of the following is not a component of the...Ch. 7 - Consider the following information: beginning...Ch. 7 - Consider the following information: beginning...Ch. 7 - An increasing inventory turnover ratio a....Ch. 7 - If the ending balance in accounts payable...Ch. 7 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 7 - Which inventory method provides a better matching...Ch. 7 - Which of the following is false regarding a...Ch. 7 - Prob. 1MECh. 7 - Recording the Cost of Purchases for a Merchandiser...Ch. 7 - Identifying the Cost of Inventories for a...Ch. 7 - Inferring Purchases Using the Cost of Goods Sold...Ch. 7 - Prob. 5MECh. 7 - Matching Inventory Costing Method Choices to...Ch. 7 - Reporting Inventory under Lower of Cost or Market...Ch. 7 - Determining the Effects of Inventory Management...Ch. 7 - Prob. 9MECh. 7 - Prob. 1ECh. 7 - Inferring Missing Amounts Based on Income...Ch. 7 - Prob. 3ECh. 7 - Inferring Merchandise Purchases Abercrombie and...Ch. 7 - Prob. 5ECh. 7 - Prob. 6ECh. 7 - Prob. 7ECh. 7 - Prob. 8ECh. 7 - Prob. 9ECh. 7 - Evaluating the Choice among Three Alternative...Ch. 7 - Prob. 11ECh. 7 - Prob. 12ECh. 7 - Prob. 13ECh. 7 - Prob. 14ECh. 7 - Prob. 15ECh. 7 - Prob. 16ECh. 7 - Prob. 17ECh. 7 - Prob. 18ECh. 7 - Prob. 19ECh. 7 - (Chapter Supplement A) Analyzing the Effects of a...Ch. 7 - (Chapter Supplement B) FIFO and LIFO Cost of Goods...Ch. 7 - Prob. 22ECh. 7 - Prob. 1PCh. 7 - Prob. 2PCh. 7 - Prob. 3PCh. 7 - Prob. 4PCh. 7 - Evaluating the LIFO and FIFO Choice When Costs Are...Ch. 7 - Prob. 6PCh. 7 - Evaluating the Effects of Manufacturing Changes on...Ch. 7 - Evaluating the Choice between LIFO and FIFO Based...Ch. 7 - Prob. 9PCh. 7 - (Chapter Supplement A) Analyzing LIFO and FIFO...Ch. 7 - Prob. 1APCh. 7 - Prob. 2APCh. 7 - Evaluating the UFO and FIFO Choice When Costs Are...Ch. 7 - Prob. 4APCh. 7 - Prob. 1CPCh. 7 - Prob. 2CPCh. 7 - Prob. 3CPCh. 7 - Prob. 4CPCh. 7 - Using Financial Reports: Interpreting Effects of...Ch. 7 - Making a Decision as a Financial Analyst: Analysis...Ch. 7 - Evaluating an Ethical Dilemma: Earnings, Inventory...Ch. 7 - Prob. 1CC
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