Loose Leaf for Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions
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ISBN: 9781260158762
Author: John J Wild
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 23QS
Answer each of the following questions related to international accounting standards.
a. Explain how the accounting for items and costs making up merchandise inventory is different between IFRS and U.S. GAAP.
b. Can companies reporting under IFRS apply a cost flow assumptions in assigning costs to inventory? If yes, identify at least two acceptable cost flow assumptions.
c. Both IFRS and U.S. GAAP apply the lower of cost or market method for reporting inventory values. If inventory is written down from applying the lower of cost or market method, explain in general terms how IFRS and U.S. GAAP differ in accounting for any subsequent reversal of that reported decline in inventory value.
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When following U.S. GAAP, the lower-of-cost-or-market rule for inventory requires a firm to report ________.
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the inventory at cost if the market value of inventory is higher than its cost basis
the inventory at the higher amount of cost or market on the balance sheet
the difference between the cost basis and the market-based measure of inventory as a gain on the income statement
the inventory at cost if the market value of inventory is lower than its cost basis
Discuss the primary differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS with respect to the lower of cost or net realizable value rule for valuing inventory.
Identify any differences between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards in the methods allowed to value inventory.
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