Specialist Pty Ltd manufacture and sell two products, Product X and Y. An independent survey yielded the following information in relation to the companies trading stock on hand: Product/value 30 June 2019 30 June 2020 Product X – cost $60,000 $70,000 Product Y- cost $30,000 $20,000 Product X – market selling value $80,000 $60,000 Product Y- market selling value $60,000 $40,000 Product X – replacement price $70,000 $80,000 Product Y- replacement price $40,000 $30,000 In 2019 the company valued its entire closing stock for tax purposes at replacement price. 

Required: 

Assuming that purchases in 2020 came to $120,000 and sales proceeds amounted to $280,000, and the company had no other transactions, calculate the company’s taxable income for 2020, valuing trading stock so as to give the smallest possible taxable income. 

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