Fulbright corp. uses the periodic inventory system. during its first year of operation, fulbright made the following purchases (listed in chronological order of acquisition): • 40 units at $100 • 70 units at $80 • 170 units at $60 sales for the year totaled 270 units, leaving 10 units on hand at the end of the year. what is the ending inventory using the lifo method?

Connors academy reported inventory in the 2017 year-end balance sheet, using the fifo method, as $154,000. in 2018, the company decided to change its inventory method to lifo. if the company had used the lifo method in 2017, the company estimates that ending inventory would have been in the range $130,000-$135,000. what adjustment would connors make for this change in inventory method?

A.j. was a newly hired attorney for idle time gaming, inc. even though he reported directly to the president of the company, a.j. noticed that the president always had time to converse with the director of sales, calling on him to get a pulse on legal/regulatory issues that, as the company attorney, a.j. could have probably handled. a.j. also noted that the hr manager’s administrative assistant was the go-to person for a number of things that would make life easier at work. a.j. was recognizing the culture at idle time gaming.

In 2015, lori assigned a paid-up whole life insurance policy to an irrevocable life insurance trust (ilit) for the benefit of her three children. the ilit contained a crummey provision for the benefit of each child. at the time of the transfer, the whole life insurance policy was valued at $200,000, and since lori had not made any other taxable gifts during her lifetime, she did not owe any gift tax. lori died in 2016, and the face value of the whole life insurance policy of $2,000,000 was paid to the ilit. regarding this transfer, how much is included in lori’s gross estate at her death?