LIFO Liquidation Profit

Hammond Company adopted LIFO when it was formed on January 1, 2017. Since then, the company has had the following purchases and sales of its single inventory item:

Year	Units Purchased	Cost per Unit	Units Sold	Price per Unit
2017	10,000	$5	8,000	$15
2018	12,000	6	9,000	16
2019	15,000	8	14,000	19

In December 2020, the controller realized that because of an unexpected increase in demand, the company had sold 22,000 units but had purchased only 19,000 units during the year. In 2020, each unit had been sold for $22, and each unit purchased had cost $10. The income tax rate is 21%.

Required:

1. If Hammond makes no additional purchases in 2020, how much LIFO liquidation profit will it report?

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2. Prepare the appropriate annual report disclosures for 2020.

	2020	2019
Inventory at FIFO	$fill in the blank 119281085013056_1	$fill in the blank 119281085013056_2
Less: LIFO valuation allowance	fill in the blank 119281085013056_3	fill in the blank 119281085013056_4
Inventory at LIFO	$fill in the blank 119281085013056_5	$fill in the blank 119281085013056_6

3. If Hammond purchases an additional 6,000 units in December 2020, how much income tax will the company save?

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4. If Hammond purchases the additional 7,000 units, how much income tax has the company saved over the 4-year period by using LIFO instead of the FIFO cost flow assumption?

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