You have been asked by the financial vice president to develop a short presentation on the LCNRV method for inventory purposes. The financial VP needs to explain this method to the president because it appears that a portion of the company’s inventory has declined in value. Instructions The financial vice president asks you to answer the following questions. a.    What is the purpose of the LCNRV method? b.    What is meant by “net realizable value”? c.    Do you apply the LCNRV method to each individual item, to a category, or to the total of the inventory? Explain. d.    What are the potential disadvantages of the LCNRV method?

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This exercise tests your understanding of the four inventory methods. List the name of the inventory method that best fits the description. Assume that the cost of inventory is rising. 1. Results in a cost of ending inventory that is close to the current cost of replacing the inventory 2. Used to account for automobiles, jewelry, and art objects 3. Generally associated with saving income taxes 4. Provides a middle-ground measure of ending inventory and cost of goods sold 5. Maximizes reported income 6. Enables a company to keep reported income from dropping lower by liquidating older layers of inventory (assume rising prices) 7. Writes inventory down when its net realizable value drops below its historical cost 8. Results in an old measure of the cost of ending inventory 9. Matches the most current cost of goods sold against sales revenue 10. Enables a company to buy high-cost inventory at year-end and thereby decrease reported income and income tax

Purchasing inventory on credit will result in the following changes to the business accounts: A.Increase one asset account and decrease another asset account B.decrease assets and decrease liabilities C.incease assets and decrease liabilities D.decrease assets amd decrease onwer's equity E.increase assets and increase onwer's equity

How do retail companies correctly match expenses with revenue for the period to get an accurate net income? a. With a modern POS system. b. With the consistency principle. c. With a goods-on-hand estimate from the Controller. d. With a physical inventory.   According to the Home Depot’s financial statement example provided by the author, which is the predominant method of inventory valuation used by the company? a. FIFO b. LIFO c. NRV d. LCM please provide me a coerrect answer explains tep by step