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ACC 422 Week 3 Team Assignment (Case 3, CA 8-10, Problem 9-3, Problem 9-13) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.acc422nerd.com Complete the following four deliverables for this assignment as a team: 1. Case 3: The Kroger Company, p. 440 Complete the following individually and discuss your individual answers as a team: 1. CA 8-10, p. 437 2. Problem 9-3, p. 483 3. Problem 9-13, p. 487 After discussing your answers, compile each into a team response. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. The Kroger Company reported the following data in its annual report (in millions). (a) Compute Kroger’s inventory turnovers for fiscal years ending January 31, 2015, and February 1, 2014, using: (1) Cost of sales and LIFO inventory. (2) Cost of sales and FIFO inventory. (b) Some firms calculate inventory turnover using sales rather than cost of goods sold in the numerator. Calculate Kroger’s fiscal years ending January 31, 2015, and February 1, 2014, turnover, using: (1) Sales and LIFO inventory. (2) Sales and FIFO inventory. (c) State which method you would choose to evaluate Kroger’s performance. Justify your choice. CA8-10 WRITING (FIFO and LIFO) Harrisburg Company is considering changing its inventory valuation method from FIFO to LIFO because of the potential tax savings. However, management wishes to consider all of the effects on the company, including its reported performance, before making the final decision. The inventory account, currently valued on the FIFO basis, consists of 1,000,000 units at $8 per unit on January 1, 2017. There are 1,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding as of January 1, 2017, and the cash balance is $400,000. The company has made the following forecasts for the period 2017–2019. Instructions (a) Prepare a schedule that illustrates and compares the following data for Harrisburg Company under the FIFO and the LIFO inventory method for 2017–