Nutritional Foods reports merchandise inventory at the​ lower-of-cost-or-market. Prior to releasing its financial statements for the year ended August ​31, 2019​, Nutritional's preliminary income​ statement, before the​ year-end adjustments, appears as​ follows:

NUTRITIONAL FOODS
Income Statement (Partial)
Year Ended March 31, 2017
Sales Revenue ........ $117,000
Cost of Goods Sold ..... 45,000
Gross Profit ........ $72,000

Nutritional has determined that the current replacement cost of ending merchandise inventory is $17,000. Cost is $19,000.

Required:
a. Journalize the adjusting entry for merchandise​ inventory, if any is required.
b. Prepare a revised partial income statement to show how Nutritional Foods should report sales, cost of goods sold, and gross profit.

Answer:

a) since the cost of ending inventory is higher than the replacement value, then ending inventory must decrease, which will result in higher COGS. The adjusting journal entry is:

March 31, 2017, inventory adjustment

Dr Cost of goods sold 2,000

    Cr Merchandise inventory 2,000

b) revised income statement

NUTRITIONAL FOODS

Income Statement (Partial)

Year Ended March 31, 2017

Sales Revenue ........ $117,000

Cost of Goods Sold ..... $47,000

Gross Profit ........ $70,000