Intermediate Accounting
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Author: J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 20.3P
Change in inventory costing methods; comparative income statements
• LO20–2, LO20–3
Shown below are net income amounts as they would be determined by Weihrich Steel Company by each of three different inventory costing methods ($ in thousands).
Required:
- 1. Assume that Weihrich used FIFO before 2018, and then in 2018 decided to switch to average cost. Prepare the
journal entry to record the change in accounting principle and briefly describe any other steps Weihrich should take to appropriately report the situation. (Ignore income tax effects.) - 2. Assume that Weihrich used FIFO before 2018, and then in 2018 decided to switch to LIFO. Assume accounting records are inadequate to determine LIFO information prior to 2018. Therefore, the 2017 ($540) and pre-2017 ($2,280) data are not available. Prepare the journal entry to record the change in accounting principle and briefly describe any other steps Weihrich should take to appropriately report the situation. (Ignore income tax effects.)
- 3. Assume that Weihrich used FIFO before 2018, and then in 2018 decided to switch to LIFO cost. Weihrich’s records of inventory purchases and sales are not available for several previous years. Therefore, the pre-2017 LIFO information ($2,280) is not available. However, Weihrich does have the information needed to apply LIFO on a prospective basis beginning in 2017. Prepare the journal entry to record the change in accounting principle, and briefly describe any other steps Weihrich should take to appropriately report the situation. (Ignore income tax effects.)
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Sales for the quarter, all at $7.00 per unit, totaled 20,000 units leaving 14,000 units on hand at the end of the quarter.
Required:
Calculate Topanga’s gross profit ratio for the first quarter using:
FIFO
LIFO
Average cost
Comment on the relative effect of each of the three inventory methods on the gross profit ratio.
1. What is the company’s gross profit rate beginning January 1, 2021?*
17%
20%
21%
24%
None of the choices
2. How much is the inventory fire loss?*
146,920
183,640
189,400
254,000
None of the choices
3. Question: What is the cost of HIBISCUS Company's inventory at December 31, 2020, under the average method?
a. ₱ 289,150
b. ₱ 281,250
c. ₱ 266,560
d. ₱ 291,060
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