EBK HORNGREN'S ACCOUNTING
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Chapter 6, Problem P6.30APGA
Accounting principles for inventory and applying the lower-of-cost-or-market rule
Learning Objective 1, 4
Some of M and C Electronics’s merchandise is gathering dust. It is now December 31, 2018, and the current replacement cost of the ending merchandise inventory is 524,000 below the business’s cost of the goods, which was $97,000. Before any adjustments at the end of the period, the company’s Cost of Goods Sold account has a balance of $380,000.
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1. Journalize any required entries.
2. At what amount should the company report merchandise inventory on the
3. At what amount should the company report cost of goods sold on the income statement?
4. Which accounting principle or concept is most relevant to this situation?
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