Mill Co., a calendar-year manufacturer, which uses the FIFO inventory method, previously allocated production costs to inventory by use of a burden rate based on the ratios oft otal indirect production costs incurred during the year compared to total direct labor costs during the year. Mill Co.

incurred the following costs during the year:

Mill Co. had an inventory turnover rate of five times.
Compute the total amount of additional Code Sec. 263A costs to capitalize for FIFO inventory under the simplified production method.

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Direct material Direct labor Indirect costs inventoried under pre-1986 TRA law Additional costs inventoried under Code Sec. 263A Ending inventory prior to the capitalization of additional Code Sec. 263A costs $500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 750,000 700,000