Case 1: Merrimack Tractors and Mowers, Inc: LIFO or FIFO? 1. Study the financial information for reel mower units that James Colburn prepared for Rick Martino. (Assume that reel mower units are typical of all classes of inventory at Merrimack.) Prepare a pro-forma income statement assuming no changes in accounting policy for 2008 assuming that the company sells 10,000 units each quarter at a price of $2,000 per unit with Sales General and Administration costs the same as for 2007. The cost
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company uses LIFO, the value of closing stock will be lesser than the value calculated under FIFO method and the closing stock will be lesser in LIFO due to the higher cost of sales which in turn would result in lesser gross profit. This is transferred to Profit & Loss Account/Income Statement/Statement of Financial Performance which in turn would result in lesser net profit & high tax savings as tax would be levied on lesser Net Profit. Here Golf Challenge Corp. can use FIFO method to comply
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|Under LIFO, ending inventory will consist of 8,000 units from the inventory at Jan. 1 and 1,000 units from the June 19 purchase. Therefore,| |ending inventory is (8,000 X $11) + (1,000 X $12), or $100,000. | | | | Tinker Bell Company has the following: | |
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inventory. Over 2006, Morgan Manufacturing implemented significant productivity improvements over Westwood. But these improvements were not reflected in the financial statements (Exhibit 1). Morgan Manufacturing used LIFO as its inventory costing method, while Westwood used FIFO. Additionally, comparison of three key ratios indicated relative differences between these two competitors: gross margin percentage, pre-tax return on sales, and pre-tax return on assets. And calculations of these three
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| LIFO | | FIFO | | | | | Purchases | $6 X 100 | | $6 X 100 | | $7 X 200 | | $7 X 200 | | $8 X 140 | | $8 X 140 | Cost of goods available for sale | $ 3,120 | | $ 3,120 | Less: Ending inventory | $ 1,160 | | $ 1,400 | Cost of goods sold | $ 1,960 | | $ 1,720 | Since the cost of goods sold is $240 less under FIFO that is the amount of the phantom profit. It is referred to as “phantom profit” because FIFO matches
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AN EXAMINATION OF INVENTORY COSTING CONVERGENCE UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS Casey Reineking Department of Accounting Murray State University Murray, KY 42071-3314 E-mail: casey.reineking@hotmail.com Don H. Chamberlain Department of Accounting Murray State University Murray, KY 42071-3314 Holly R. Rudolph Department of Accounting Murray State University Murray, KY 42071-3314 L. Murphy Smith* Department of Accounting Murray
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Consequently, the shareholders were asking for the removal of Mr. Martino as the company’s COO Current Method of Inventory Accounting at Merrimack: Merrimack currently followed the LIFO method of inventory accounting on a periodic basis. This had been done so as to save income tax and preserve cash for further investments. The LIFO (Last-In-First-Out) method of inventory accounting stipulated that the cost of goods sold be calculated based on the cost of
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Inventory methods go back to the times of the first recorded businesses, First in First out method or FIFO, is commonly accepted over all accounting standards; however, the antithesis of FIFO is not as easily agreed upon. Last in First Out method, was ruled as not an acceptable accounting method for valuation of inventories in 1930 by the Supreme Court. This was after issues with many companies seeing LIFO as the most accurate way to valuate their inventories, which caused many law suites and lead to the
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calculate the value of the goods in inventory. By reporting and analyzing such information, a company can help to predict financial performance and the best plan to achieve results. Such inventory valuation methods include: Average Cost Method; FIFO; and LIFO. The inventory valuation methods use two different inventory systems – perpetual and periodic. The perpetual inventory system is used when a company reports the cost of goods sold as those goods are sold throughout the accounting period. The
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common valuation systems include First-In, First-Out – FIFO, Last-In, First-Out – LIFO and Just-In-Time – JIT valuation systems. First-In, First-Out Goods processed or received by an organization are placed in holding as First-In, First-Out; this inventory system is used to track product for use and revenue gained. In the FIFO inventory valuation system, assets or inventory received first are the first ones to be used (Basu, 2013). FIFO regards the first unit arriveing in inventory as the first
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