In preparation for significant expansion of its international operations, Ayayai Co. has adopted a plan to gradually shift to the same accounting methods as used by its international competitors. Part of this plan includes a switch from LIFO inventory accounting to FIFO (recall that IFRS does not allow LIFO). Ayayai decides to make the switch to FIFO at January 1, 2020. The following data pertains to Ayayais 2020 financial statements (in millions of dollars). Sales | | $490 | | Inventory purchases | | 290 | | 12/31/20 inventory (using FIFO) | | 520 | | Compensation expense | | 11 | | All sales and purchases were with cash. All of 2020s compensation expense was paid with cash. (Ignore taxes.) Ayayais property, plant, and equipment cost $340 million and has an estimated useful life of 10 years with no salvage value. Ayayai Co. reported the following for fiscal 2019 (in millions of dollars): AYAYAI CO. BALANCE SHEET AT DECEMBER 31, 2019 | | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | | 2019 | | 2018 | | | Cash | | $ | 311 | | | $ | 140 | | | Common stock | | $ | 440 | | $ | 440 | | | Inventory | | | 440 | | | | 420 | | | Retained earnings | | | 583 | | | 426 | | | Property, plant, and equipment | | | 340 | | | | 340 | | | | | | | | | | | | Accumulated depreciation | | | (68 | ) | | | (34 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | Total assets | | $ | 1,023 | | | $ | 866 | | | Total equity | | $ | 1,023 | | $ | 866 | | | AYAYAI CO. INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 | | | | 2019 | | Sales | | | $ | 440 | | | | Cost of goods sold | | | | (240 | ) | | | Depreciation expense | | | | (34 | ) | | | Compensation expense | | | | (9 | ) | | | Net income | | | $ | 157 | | | | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Inventory: The company accounts for inventory by the LIFO method. The current cost of the companys inventory, which approximates FIFO, was $54 and $44 higher at the end of fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively, than those reported in the balance sheet. | | | |