Question

CMN Inc. uses LIFO and has experienced increasing costs since its founding. CMN disclosed that the LIFO reserve (also known as the LIFO allowance) at the end of 2018 was $3 million. The balance sheet showed ending inventory of $17 million at the end of 2018. What would the ending inventory have been if CMN had always used FIFO?Multiple Choicea. $20 million.b. $17 million.c. $14 million.d. None of these answer choices are correct.

Answer 1

$20 million

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the ending inventory if FIFO is used

= LIFO reserve + Ending inventory based on LIFO inventory

= $3 million + $17 million

= $20 million

We simply added the LIFO reserve and LIFO ending inventory so that FIFO ending inventory can be computed. Hence, we take all the items for the computation part.