FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING – Eleventh Edition Solutions Manual
1. Unethical. The company falsified its purchases, cost of goods sold,
and net income in order to evade taxes.
1. In applying the lower-of-cost-or-market rule to inventories, Blue Mountain Coffee
Company recorded an excessively low value for its ending inventory (below both cost and
market). This action allowed the company to pay less income tax for the year.
2. Rosalind Sales, Inc., delayed the purchase of inventory until after December 31, 2016, to
keep 2016’s cost of goods sold from growing too large. The delay in purchasing inventory
helped net income of 2016 to reach the level of profit demanded by the company’s investors.
3. Carlson Pharmaceuticals purchased a large amount of inventory shortly before year-end to
increase the LIFO cost of goods sold and decrease reported income for the year.
4. Glacier Corporation deliberately overstated purchases to produce a high figure for cost of
goods sold (low amount of net income). The real reason was to decrease the company’s
income tax payments to the government.
5. Farley Sales Company deliberately overstated ending inventory in order to report higher
profits (net income).
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2. Ethical. As long as an appropriate amount of inventory is available, delaying the
purchase until early the next year is acceptable. There is nothing wrong with buying
inventory when the company wishes.
3. Ethical. As long as an appropriate amount of inventory is available, delaying the
purchase until early the next year is acceptable. There is nothing wrong with buying
inventory when the company wishes.
4. Unethical. The company falsified its purchases, cost of goods sold, and net income
in order to evade taxes.
5. Unethical. Deliberately overstating ending inventory and therefore net income
is not ethical.