If Wolfgang Kitchens has always used the FIFO inventory costing method for both financial reporting and tax purposes. the journal entry at the beginning of 2024to record the change in accounting principle is: Debit, Retained earnings $30 million, Credit Inventory $30 million.
If cost of goods sold increase by $7 million that year in which the cumulative net income for all years have been lower by the amount of $23 million , The appropriate journal entry to record the transaction is :
Wolfgang Kitchens Journal entry
Debit Retained earnings $30 million
Credit Inventory $30 million
($23 million + $7 million)
( To record the change in accounting principle)
Therefore the journal entry is Debit Retained earnings $30 million, Credit Inventory $30 million.
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The complete question is:
Wolfgang Kitchens has always used the FIFO inventory costing method for both financial reporting and tax purposes. At the beginning of 2024, Wolfgang decided to change to the LIFO method. Net income in 2024 was correctly stated as $90 million. If the company had used LIFO in 2023, its cost of goods sold would have been higher by $7 million that year. Company accountants are able to determine that the cumulative net income for all years prior to 2023 would have been lower by $23 million if LIFO had been used all along, but have insufficient information to determine specific effects of using LIFO in 2022. Last year, Wolfgang reported the following net income amounts in its comparative income statements:
($ in millions) 2021 2022 2023
Net income $90 $92 $94
Prepare the journal entry at the beginning of 2024to record the change in accounting principle. (Ignore income taxes.)
