A company normally sells its product for $20 per unit. However, the selling price has fallen to $15 per unit. This company's current FIFO inventory consists of 200 units purchased at $16 per unit. Net realizable value has now fallen to $13 per unit. What is the amount of the lower cost of market adjustment the company must make as a result of this decline in value?

A company normally sells its product for $20 per unit. However, the selling price has fallen to $15 per unit. This company's current FIFO inventory consists of 200 units purchased at $16 per unit. Net realizable value has now fallen to $13 per unit. What is the amount of the lower cost of market adjustment the company must make as a result of this decline in value?

Principles of Accounting Volume 1

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Chapter10: Inventory

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