单选题 The year-end financial statements for a firm using last in first out (LIFO) acounting show an inventory level of $5000, cost of goods sold (COGS) of $16000, and inventory purchases of $14500. If the LIFO reserve is $ 4000 at year-end and was $1500 at the beginning of the year, what would the COGS have been using FIFO accounting?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】
COGSr = COGSL-change in LIFO reserve = COGSL - ( LIFO reserveE-LIFO reserveB) = $16000 - ( $4000 - $1500) = $16000 - $2500 = $13500.