Maurice Tutor
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(Financial Statement Effects of FIFO and LIFO) The management of Tritt Company has asked its accounting department to describe the effect upon the company’s financial position and its income statements of accounting for inventories on the LIFO rather than the FIFO basis during 2012 and 2013. The accounting department is to assume that the change to LIFO would have been effective on January 1, 2012, and that the initial LIFO base would have been the inventory value on December 31, 2011. Presented below are the company’s financial statements and other data for the years 2012 and 2013 when the FIFO method was employed.
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Financial Position as of |
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12/31/2011 |
12/31/2012 |
12/31/2013 |
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Cash |
$90,000 |
$130,000 |
$154,000 |
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Accounts  receivable |
80,000 |
100,000 |
120,000 |
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Inventory |
120,000 |
140,000 |
176,000 |
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Other  assets |
160,000 |
170,000 |
200,000 |
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Total  assets |
$450,000 |
$540,000 |
$650,000 |
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Accounts  payable |
$40,000 |
$60,000 |
$80,000 |
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Other  liabilities |
70,000 |
80,000 |
110,000 |
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Common  stock |
200,000 |
200,000 |
200,000 |
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Retained  earnings |
140,000 |
200,000 |
260,000 |
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Total  liabilities and equity |
$450,000 |
$540,000 |
$650,000 |
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Income for Years Ended |
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12/31/2012 |
12/31/2013 |
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Sales  revenue |
$900,000 |
$1,350,000 |
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Less: Â Cost of goods sold |
505,000 |
756,000 |
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Other  expenses |
205,000 |
304,000 |
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710,000 |
1,060,000 |
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Income  before income taxes |
190,000 |
290,000 |
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Income  taxes (40%) |
76,000 |
116,000 |
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Net  income |
$114,000 |
$174,000 |
Other data:
1. Inventory on hand at December 31, 2011, consisted of 40,000 units valued at $3.00 each.
2. Sales (all units sold at the same price in a given year):
2012—150,000 units @ $6.00 each 2013—180,000 units @ $7.50 each
3. Purchases (all units purchased at the same price in given year):
2012—150,000 units @ $3.50 each 2013—180,000 units @ $4.40 each
4. Income taxes at the effective rate of 40% are paid on December 31 each year.
Instructions
Name the account(s) presented in the financial statements that would have different amounts for 2013 if LIFO rather than FIFO had been used, and state the new amount for each account that is named. Show computations.