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(Accounting Change) Linden Company started operations on January 1, 2008, and has used the FIFO method of inventory valuation since its inception. In 2014, it decides to switch to the average cost method. You are provided with the following information.
| Â |
Net Income |
Retained Earnings (Ending Balance) |
|
|
Under FIFO |
Under Average Cost |
Under FIFO |
|
|
2008 |
$100,000 |
$ 92,000 |
$100,000 |
|
2009 |
70,000 |
65,000 |
160,000 |
|
2010 |
90,000 |
80,000 |
235,000 |
|
2011 |
120,000 |
130,000 |
340,000 |
|
2012 |
300,000 |
293,000 |
590,000 |
|
2013 |
305,000 |
310,000 |
780,000 |
Instructions
(a) What is the beginning retained earnings balance at January 1, 2010, if Linden prepares comparative financial statements starting in 2010?
(b) What is the beginning retained earnings balance at January 1, 2013, if Linden prepares comparative financial statements starting in 2013?
(c) What is the beginning retained earnings balance at January 1, 2014, if Linden prepares single-period financial statements for 2014?
(d) What is the net income reported by Linden in the 2013 income statement if it prepares comparative financial statements starting with 2011?
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