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1. Compute the total cost of inventory.
2. Determine whether each inventory item would be reported at cost or market. Multiply the quantity of each inventory item by the appropriate cost or market amount and place the total in the Lower-of-Cost-or-Market column. Then determine the total of that column.
3. Compare your answers in Requirement 1 and Requirement 2 and then record any necessary adjustment to write down inventory from cost to market value.
4. Discuss the financial statement effects of using lower-of-cost-or-market to report inventory.
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0078025549
3rd edition
Authors: J. David Spiceland, Wayne Thomas, Don Herrmann
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