Concept explainers
Real World Case 8–8
Effects of
• LO8–4, LO8–6
Real World Financials
Income statement and
Balance Sheets ($ in millions) | ||
January 2, 2016 | January 3, 2015 | |
Current assets: | ||
Inventories | $466.6 | $414.0 |
Income Statements ($ in millions) |
For the Year Ended | ||
January 2, 2016 | January 3, 2015 | |
Net sales | $2,691.6 | $2,761.1 |
Cost of goods sold | 1,636.9 | 1,673.8 |
Gross profit | $1,054.7 | $1,087.3 |
The significant accounting policies note disclosure contained the following:
Inventories
The Company used the LIFO method to value inventories. If the FIFO method had been used, inventories would have been $27.0 million and $25.1 million higher than reported at January 2, 2016 and January 3, 2015, respectively.
Required:
1. Why is Wolverine disclosing the FIFO cost of its LIFO inventory?
2. Calculate what beginning inventory and ending inventory would have been for the year ended January 2, 2016, if Wolverine had used FIFO for all of its inventories.
3. Calculate what cost of goods sold would have been for the year ended January 2, 2016, if Wolverine had used FIFO for all of its inventories.

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