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A retail company begins operations late in 2000 by purchasing $600,000 of merchandise. There are no sales in 2000. During 2001, additional merchandise of $3,000,000 is
purchased. Operating expenses (excluding management bonuses) are $400,000, and sales are $6,000,000. The management compensation agreement provides for incentive bonuses
totaling 1% of after-tax income (before the bonuses). Taxes are 25%, and accounting and taxable income is the same.
The company is undecided about the selection of the LIFO or FIFO inventory methods. For the year ended 2001, ending inventory is $700,000 and $1,000,000, respectively, under
LIFO and FIFO.
Required:
a. How are accounting numbers used to monitor this agency contract between owners and managers?
b. Evaluate management incentives to choose LIFO versus FIFO.
c. Assuming an efficient capital market, what effect can the alternative policies have on security prices and shareholder wealth?
d. Why is the management compensation agreement potentially counterproductive as an agency-monitoring mechanism?
e. Devise an alternative bonus system to avoid the problem in the existing plan.
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