Intermediate Accounting
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 9.6BYP

(a)&(b)

To determine

Method of Inventory

Inventory refers to the current assets that a company expects to sell during the normal course of business operations, the goods that are under process to be completed for future sale, or currently used for producing goods to be sold in the market. Inventory is valued under three methods:

FIFO

Under this inventory method, the units that are purchased first, are sold first. Thus, it starts from the selling of the beginning inventory, followed by the units purchased in a chronological order of their purchases took place during a particular period.

LIFO

Under this inventory method, the units that are purchased last, are sold first. Thus, it starts from the selling of the units recently purchased and ending with the beginning inventory.

Average cost method

Under this method, the cost of the goods available for sale is divided by the number of units available for sale during a particular period.

To Explain: the accounting treatment for a change in the inventory method for (a) not involving LIFO and (b) from the LIFO method.

(c)

To determine

To Explain: the accounting treatment for a change in the inventory method to the LIFO method.

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Chapter 9 Solutions

Intermediate Accounting

Ch. 9 - Explain the LIFO retail inventory method.Ch. 9 - Discuss the treatment of freight-in, net markups,...Ch. 9 - Explain the difference between the retail...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.14QCh. 9 - Prob. 9.15QCh. 9 - Explain the accounting treatment of material...Ch. 9 - It is discovered in 2018 that ending inventory in...Ch. 9 - Identify any differences between U.S. GAAP and...Ch. 9 - (Based on Appendix 9) Define purchase commitments....Ch. 9 - (Based on Appendix 9) Explain how purchase...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or net realizable value LO91 Ross...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or net realizable value LO91 SLR...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or market LO91 [This is a variation...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or market LO91 [This is a variation...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.5BECh. 9 - Gross profit method; solving for unknown LO92...Ch. 9 - Retail inventory method; average cost LO93 Kiddie...Ch. 9 - Retail inventory method; LIFO LO93 Refer to the...Ch. 9 - Conventional retail method LO94 Refer to the...Ch. 9 - Conventional retail method LO94 Roberson...Ch. 9 - Dollar-value LIFO retail LO95 On January 1, 2018,...Ch. 9 - Dollar-value LIFO retail LO95 This exercise is a...Ch. 9 - Change i n inventory costing methods LO96 In...Ch. 9 - Change in inventory costing methods LO96 In 2018,...Ch. 9 - Inventory error LO97 In 2018, Winslow...Ch. 9 - Inventory error LO97 Refer to the situation...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or net realizable value LO91 Herman...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or net realizable value LO91 The...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or net realizable value LO91 Tatum...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or market LO91 [This is a variation...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or market LO91 [This is a variation...Ch. 9 - Lower of cost or market LO91 [This is a variation...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.8ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.9ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.10ECh. 9 - Gross profit method LO92 Royal Gorge Company uses...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.12ECh. 9 - Retail inventory method; average cost LO93 San...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.14ECh. 9 - Retail inventory method; LIFO LO93 Crosby Company...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.16ECh. 9 - Conventional retail method; employee discounts ...Ch. 9 - Retail inventory method; solving for unknowns ...Ch. 9 - Dollar-value LIFO retail LO95 On January 1, 2018,...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.20ECh. 9 - Dollar-value LIFO retail LO95 Lance-Hefner...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.22ECh. 9 - Change in inventory costing methods LO96 In 2018,...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.24ECh. 9 - Error correction; inventory error LO97 During...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.26ECh. 9 - Inventory error LO97 In 2018, the internal...Ch. 9 - Inventory errors LO97 In 2018, the controller of...Ch. 9 - Concepts; terminology LO91 through LO97 Listed...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.30ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.31ECh. 9 - Lower of cost or net realizable value LO91 Decker...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.2PCh. 9 - Lower of cost or market LO91 Forester Company has...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.4PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.5PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.6PCh. 9 - Retail inventory method; conventional and LIFO ...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.8PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.9PCh. 9 - Dollar-value LIFO retail method LO95 [This is a...Ch. 9 - Dollar-value LIFO retail LO95 On January 1, 2018,...Ch. 9 - Retail inventory method; various applications ...Ch. 9 - Retail inventory method; various applications ...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.14PCh. 9 - Inventory errors LO97 You have been hired as the...Ch. 9 - Inventory errors LO97 The December 31, 2018,...Ch. 9 - Integrating problem; Chapters 8 and 9; inventory...Ch. 9 - Purchase commitments Appendix In November 2018,...Ch. 9 - Judgment Case 91 Inventoriable costs; lower of...Ch. 9 - Integrating Case 93 FIFO and lower of cost or net...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.4BYPCh. 9 - Prob. 9.5BYPCh. 9 - Prob. 9.6BYPCh. 9 - Prob. 9.7BYPCh. 9 - Real World Case 98 Various inventory issues;...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.9BYPCh. 9 - Judgment Case 910 Inventory errors LO97 Some...Ch. 9 - Ethics Case 911 Overstatement of ending inventory ...Ch. 9 - Analysis Case 912 Purchase commitments Appendix...Ch. 9 - Continuing Cases Target Case LO93, LO94, LO95...Ch. 9 - Prob. 1CCIFRS
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