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Following is an inventory acquisition schedule for Fees Corp. for 2014:

	Units	Unit Cost
Beginning inventory	4,000	$20
Purchases:
February 4	2,000	18
April 12	3,000	16
September 10	1,000	14
December 5	2,500	12

During the year, Fees sold 11,000 units at $30 each. All expenses except cost of goods sold and taxes amounted to $60,000. The tax rate is 30%.

Required

1. Compute cost of goods sold and ending inventory under each of the following three meth- ods assuming a periodic inventory system: (a) weighted average, (b) FIFO, and (c) LIFO.

2. Prepare income statements under each of the three methods.

3. Which method do you recommend so that Fees pays the least amount of taxes during 2014? Explain your answer.

4. Fees anticipates that unit costs for inventory will increase throughout 2015. Will Fees be able to switch from the method you recommended that it use in 2014 to another method to take advantage of the increase in prices for tax purposes? Explain your answer.

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