Pepper Corporation owns 75 percent of Salt Company's voting shares. During 20X8, Pepper produced 50,000 chairs at a cost of $79 each and sold 35,000 chairs to Salt for $90 each. Salt sold 18,000 of the chairs to unaffiliated companies for $117 each prior to December 31, 20X8, and sold the remainder in early 20X9 to unaffiliated companies for $130 each. Both companies use perpetual inventory systems.

Based on the information given above, what amount of cost of goods sold did Salt record in 20X8?

Multiple Choice

• $2,765,000

• $1,620,000

• $1,422,000

• $2,963,000