At the end of 2017, Magenta Manufacturing Company discovered that construction cost had been capitalized as a cost of the factory building in 2012 when it should have been treated as a cost of production equipment installation costs. As a result of the misclassification, the depreciation through 2015 was understated by $110,000, and depreciation for 2016 was understated by $90,000. What would be the consequences of correcting for the misclassification of the property cost?
a. The taxpayer uses the FIFO inventory method, and 25% of goods produced during the period were included in the ending inventory.
b. The taxpayer uses the LIFO inventory method, and no new LIFO layer was added during 2016.