Patch Grove Nursery uses the LIFO inventory accounting method. Maria Huff, president, wants to determine the financial statement impact of changing to the FIFO accounting method. Selected company information follows:
Year-end inventory: $22,000
Change in LIFO reserve: $1,000
LIFO cost of goods sold: $18,000
After-tax income: $2,000
Tax rate: 40%
Under FIFO, the nursery’s ending inventory and after-tax profit for the year would have been: