Intermediate Accounting
Intermediate Accounting
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780136912644
Author: Elizabeth A. Gordon; Jana S. Raedy; Alexander J. Sannella
Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
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Chapter 21, Problem 21.3BE
To determine

To prepare: A footnote journal entry to record the change in the accounting method for inventory evaluation.

Given Information:

Tax rate is 40%.

Cumulative cost of goods as per average cost method is $140,000.

Cumulative cost of goods as per LIFO method would have been $300,000.

Pre-tax income as per average method would have been $455,000.

Pre-tax income as per LIFO method is $230,000.

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1. What amount should be reported as the pretax cumulative effect of this accounting change? During 2021, Revel Company decided to change from the FIFO method of inventory valuation to weighted average method. a. 400,000 b. 300,000 c. 600,000 d. 500,000 January 1 inventory December 31 inventory FIFO 7,200,000 7,900,000 2. What total amount should be reported as prior period error in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020? a. 1,400,000 b. 600,000 WEIGHTED AVERAGE 7,700,000 8,300,000 ABC Company reported the ff events during 2020: • It was decided to write off 800,000 from inventory which was over two years old as it was obsolete. c.800,000 d. 200,000 • Sales of 600,000 had been omitted from the financial statements for the year ended December 31,2019
At the beginning of current year, Black Company changed the inventory cost flow method to FIFO from weighted average method for both financial statement and income tax reporting purposes. The change resulted in a P600,000 increase in the beginning inventory. Ignoring income tax, the accounting change should be reported in the current year: a. Income statement as of P600,000 debit b. Retained earnings statement as a P600,000 debit adjustment to the beginning balance. c. Income statement as a P600,000 credit. d. Retained earnings statement as a P600,000 credit adjustment to the beginning balance.
Assume that Audio Outfitter Inc. in Discussion Question 9 experienced an abnormal inventory shrinkage of $98,600. Audio Outfitter Inc. has decidedto record the abnormal inventory shrinkage so that it would be disclosed separately on the income statement. What account would be debited for theabnormal inventory shrinkage?
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