Chapter 9, Problem 9.23E

Change in inventory costing methods

• LO9–6

In 2018, CPS Company changed its method of valuing inventory from the FIFO method to the average cost method. At December 31, 2017, CPS’s inventories were $32 million (FIFO). CPS’s records indicated that the inventories would have totaled $23.8 million at December 31, 2017, if determined on an average cost basis.

Required:

1. Prepare the journal entry to record the adjustment. (Ignore income taxes.)

2. Briefly describe other steps CPS should take to report the change.