Intermediate Accounting
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259722660
Author: J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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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.
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1. Prepare the
2. Briefly describe other steps CPS should take to report the change.
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Exhibit7.5
Sullivan Produce Co. switched from FIFO to LIFO on January1,2018, for external reporting and income tax purposes, while retaining FIFO for internal reports. On that date, the FIFO inventory equaled $360,000. The ensuing three-year period resulted in the following:
December31,2018 Year-End Costs $438,000 Cost Index 1.05
December 31,2019 Year-End Costs $460,000 Cost Index 1.15
December 31, 2020 Year-End Costs $520,000 Cost Index 1.25
Refer to Exhibit 7-5, The ending inventory at December 31,2020, using the dollar-value LIFO method would be
a. $422,000
b. $402,000
c $426,000
d. $420,400
Refer to Exhibit7-5, the ending inventory at December 31,2019, at base-year price is:
a.$400,000
b. $402,000
c.$406,000
d.$424,000
8–6
Various inventory costing methods; gross profit ratio
● LO8–1, LO8–4, LO8–7
Topanga Group began operations early in 2024. Inventory purchase information for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, for Topanga’s only product is provided below. The unit costs include the cost of freight. The company uses a periodic inventory system to report inventory and cost of goods sold.
Date of Purchase
Units
Unit Cost
Total Cost
Jan. 7
5,000
$4.00
$20,000
Feb. 16
12,000
4.50
54,000
March 22
17,000
5.00
85,000
Total purchases
34,000
$159,000
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.
E9.23
(LO 6 ) (Analysis of Inventories) The financial statements of ConAgra Foods, Inc.'s 2017 annual report disclose the following information.
(in millions)
2017
2016
2015
Year-end inventories
$934.2
$1,044.1
$1,642.6
Fiscal Year
2017
2016
Net sales
$7,826.9
$8,664.1
Cost of goods sold
5,484.8
6,234.9
Net income
648.0
(665.9)
Instructions
Compute ConAgra's (a) inventory turnover and (b) the average days to sell inventory for 2017 and 2016.
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