(a) Describe the journal entry required to record a decline in inventory value under the lower of...

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(a) Describe the journal entry required to record a decline in inventory value under the lower of cost and net realizable value rule. 

(b) Why is an entry required to record this decline to net realizable value even if a company did not sell any of these goods?

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Financial Accounting Tools For Business Decision Making

ISBN: 9781119594574

8th Canadian Edition

Authors: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Barbara Trenholm, Wayne Irvine, Christopher D. Burnley

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