Novak Company began operations in 2019 and determined its ending inventory at cost and at...

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Novak 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: Lower-of-Cost-or- Market $357,400 371,940 Cost $375,880 386,720 12/31/19 12/31/20 (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 O for the amounts.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit 12/31/19 Cost of Goods Sold Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market 12/31/20 Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market Cost of Goods Sold (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 O for the amounts.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit 12/31/19 Loss Due to Market Decline of Inventory Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market 12/31/20 Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market Loss Due to Market Decline of Inventory (c) Which of the two methods above provides the higher net income in each year

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