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Broadhead Company uses a periodic inventory system. At the end of the annual accounting period, December 31 of the current year, the accounting records provided the following information for product 2:
Units | Unit Cost | ||||||||
Inventory, December 31, prior year | 2,810 | $ | 13 | ||||||
For the current year: | |||||||||
Purchase, April 11 | 8,920 | 11 | |||||||
Purchase, June 1 | 7,940 | 16 | |||||||
Sales ($58 each) | 10,920 | ||||||||
Operating expenses (excluding income tax expense) | $ | 186,500 | |||||||
1. Prepare a separate income statement through pretax income that details cost of goods sold for (a) Case A: FIFO and (b) Case B: LIFO. 2. Compute the difference between the pretax income and the ending inventory amount for the two cases. 3. Which inventory costing method may be preferred for income tax purposes? |