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![ts) An auditor recently asked an accounting manager to perform a LCM test on a batch of inventory.
Since the manager would prefer to avoid the cost of a LCM test, what GAAP argument could she use to
avoid performing the test?
O The cost of the test would not outweigh the benefit of the result.
O Why don't you perform the test? That's what we are paying you for.
O I have no reason to believe future value has dropped below the historical cost.
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O The recorded cost accurately represents the costs when the inventory was produced.](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/d04645ef-6cf6-4d1b-a92f-7bdee3700327/99067886-c984-42e5-a337-29f9af545f3b/z1bjkk_thumbnail.jpeg)
Transcribed Image Text:ts) An auditor recently asked an accounting manager to perform a LCM test on a batch of inventory.
Since the manager would prefer to avoid the cost of a LCM test, what GAAP argument could she use to
avoid performing the test?
O The cost of the test would not outweigh the benefit of the result.
O Why don't you perform the test? That's what we are paying you for.
O I have no reason to believe future value has dropped below the historical cost.
h
O The recorded cost accurately represents the costs when the inventory was produced.
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