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The management of Swifty Company has asked its accounting department to describe the effect upon the companys financial position and its income statements of accounting for inventories on the LIFO rather than the FIFO basis during 2020 and 2021. The accounting department is to assume that the change to LIFO would have been effective on January 1, 2020, and that the initial LIFO base would have been the inventory value on December 31, 2019. The following are the companys financial statements and other data for the years 2020 and 2021 when the FIFO method was employed.
Financial Position as of
12/31/19
12/31/20
12/31/21
Cash
$ 75,600
$109,200
$129,360
Accounts receivable
67,200
84,000
100,800
Inventory
100,800
117,600
147,840
Other assets
134,400
142,800
168,000
Total assets
$378,000
$453,600
$546,000
Accounts payable
$ 33,600
$ 50,400
$ 67,200
Other liabilities
58,800
67,200
92,400
Common stock
168,000
168,000
168,000
Retained earnings
117,600
168,000
218,400
Total liabilities and equity
$378,000
$453,600
$546,000
Income for Years Ended
12/31/20
12/31/21
Sales revenue
$756,000
$1,134,000
Less:
Cost of goods sold
424,200
635,040
Other expenses
172,200
255,360
596,400
890,400
Income before income taxes
159,600
243,600
Income taxes (40%)
63,840
97,440
Net income
$95,760
$ 146,160
Other data:
1.
Inventory on hand at December 31, 2019, consisted of 33,600 units valued at $3.00 each.
2.
Sales (all units sold at the same price in a given year):
2020-126,000 units @ $6.00 each
2021-151,200 units @ $7.50 each
3.
Purchases (all units purchased at the same price in given year):
2020-126,000 units @ $3.50 each
2021-151,200 units @ $4.40 each
4.
Income taxes at the effective rate of 40% are paid on December 31 each year.
Name the account(s) presented in the financial statements that would have different amounts for 2021 if LIFO rather than FIFO had been used, and state the new amount for each account that is named.
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