Plant Company began operations in 2016 and determined its ending inventory at cost and at lower-of-LIFO-cost-or-market at December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2017. This information is presented below.

Cost Lower-of-Cost-or-Market Cost Lower-of-Cost-or-Market

Cost Lower of cost or Market

December 31, 2016 $87,000 $71,000

December 31, 2017 $100,000 $98,000

December 31, 2018 $97,000 $97,000

Prepare the journal entries assuming that the inventory is recorded at market, and a perpetual inventory system (cost-of-goods-sold method) is used.

12/31/16

12/31/17

12/31/18