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book Fundamentals of Financial Accounting 4th Edition by Fred Phillips,Robert Libby,Patricia Libby cover

Fundamentals of Financial Accounting 4th Edition by Fred Phillips,Robert Libby,Patricia Libby

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0078025372
book Fundamentals of Financial Accounting 4th Edition by Fred Phillips,Robert Libby,Patricia Libby cover

Fundamentals of Financial Accounting 4th Edition by Fred Phillips,Robert Libby,Patricia Libby

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0078025372
Exercise 5
Preparing the Journal Entry to Record Lower of Cost or Market (LCM) Adjustments
In its 2012 annual report Research in Motion reported that it wrote down its PlayBook inventory by $485,000,000 because its cost exceeded its market value. Show the effects of this adjustment on the accounting equation and show the journal entry that the company would have made to record it.
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Cost exceeds the market value by $485,00...

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