The management of Swifty Company has asked its accounting department to describe the effect upon...

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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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