Givoly Incorporated uses a periodic inventory system. At the end of the annual accounting period, December 31 of the current year accounting records provided the following information for product 2: Inventory, December 31, prior year For the current year: Purchase, March 5 Units 6,400 $ 394,000 18,400 9,400 8,400 15,400 Unit Cost $ 12 Purchase, September 19 Sale ($29 each) Sale ($31 each) Operating expenses (excluding income tax expense) Required: 1. Prepare a separate income statement through pretax income that details cost of goods sold for (a) Case A: FIFO and (b) Case B: LIFO. 10 6 2. Compute the difference between the pretax income and the ending inventory amounts for the two cases. 3. Which inventory costing method may be preferred for income tax purposes?

Before discussing the topic inventory valuation let’s discuss the meaning of inventory. In accounting, inventory is also known as stock. Inventory means all the finished goods, materials, merchandise that a business holds for the purpose of selling it in…