If Jane prepared financial reports using IFRS and the market price of rice rebounded in the next period from $1.20 to $1.50 per pound, $0.10 above the original $1.40 cost, she would record a recovery of $28 ([$1.40 — $1.20] X 140 lbs.) with the following adjusting journal entry. This entry would increase net income, but only to the extent of the recovery ($0.20), not the entire market price increase ($0.30).
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Inventory (+A) |
28 |
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Inventory(R, +RE) |
28 |
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Recovery of written-down inventory to original cost |
Under U.S. GAAP, no entry is recorded for the recovery because the write-down is considered permanent.