Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259692390
Author: Jan Williams, Susan Haka, Mark S Bettner, Joseph V Carcello
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 4BE

a.

To determine

Ascertain the amount of ending inventory at the end of the April month under LIFO.

b.

To determine

Explain the manner in which the amount of ending inventory would differ if the company has use the FIFO inventory method.

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The Johnson Manufacturing Company manufactures a single product. The managers, Ron and Ken Johnson decided on December 31, 2005, to adopt the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory value on that date using the newly adopted dollar-value LIFO method was $500,000. Additional information follows: Inventory at Year-End Prices Year-End Price Index Date Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2008 $ 6,05,000 5,97,360 7,00,000 1.10 1.14 1.25 Compute the inventory value at December 31 of each year using the dollar-value method, assuming incremental layers are valued at year- end prices.
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