2. FIFO LIFO
Method Method
E5A. Effects of Inventory Costing Methods on Cash Flows (Concluded)
The results under the FIFO method are the same with or without the purchase, but
Sales
cause the ending inventory is below the beginning inventory level. Many companies
under LIFO income taxes are $18,000 less ($51,000 – $33,000), and net income is
$42,000 less ($119,000 – $77,000).
The reason for this outcome under LIFO is that a LIFO liquidation is avoided by buy-
ing the 10,000 cases at the end of the year. In this way all 20,000 cases of the LIFO
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