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Gable, Inc., is a provider of home furnishings. The company uses the FIFO inventory method. The following information was taken from
the company's recent financial statements (dollar amounts are in thousands).
The financial statements also revealed that had Gable been using LIFO, its cost of goods sold would have been $1,865,000. The ?bar( Page 374)
company's income taxes and payments amount to approximately 40 percent of income before taxes.
a. Explain how LIFO can result in a higher cost of goods sold. Would you expect LIFO to result in a greater or lesser valuation of the
company's ending inventories? Defend your answer.
b. Assuming that Gable had been using LIFO, compute the following amounts for the current year. Show your supporting computations,
with dollar amounts in thousands.
Income before taxes
Income taxes expense (which are assumed equal to income taxes actually paid)
Net income
Net cash provided by operating activities
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