In: Accounting
Crane Company began operations in 2019 and determined its ending
inventory at cost and at lower-of-LIFO cost-or-market at December
31, 2019, and December 31, 2020. This information is presented
below:
Cost |
Lower-of-Cost-or-Market |
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12/31/19 | $355,290 | $336,930 | |||
12/31/20 | 414,220 | 400,040 |
(a) Prepare the journal entries required at
December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020, assuming that the
inventory is recorded at market, and a perpetual inventory system
(cost-of-goods-sold method) is used. (Credit account
titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not
indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the
account titles and enter 0 for the
amounts.)
Date |
Account Titles and Explanation |
Debit |
Credit |
12/31/19 |
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12/31/20 |
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(b) Prepare journal entries required at December
31, 2019, and December 31, 2020, assuming that the inventory is
recorded at market under a perpetual system (loss method is used).
(Credit account titles are automatically indented when
amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required,
select "No entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the
amounts.)
Date |
Account Titles and Explanation |
Debit |
Credit |
12/31/19 |
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12/31/20 |
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(c) Which of the two methods above provides the
higher net income in each year?