In year 2, Rossman Corp, changed its inventory method from FIFO to the weighted average method. The change resulted in a decrease in beginning inventory for year 2 of $10,000. What were the income statement effects of this change?

Earnings per share for year 1 decreased

True

Explanation:

The reason is that the opening inventory value of year 2 is the closing amount of the year 1. Its similar to the closing cash amount left in till at the end of year 1 is the opening amount at the year 2. So the opening inventory of year 2 is closing inventory of year 1. This means the closing inventory of year 1 has decreased by $10,000.

As we know that:

Cost of goods sold = Op. Inventory + Purchases - Cl. Inventory

This means if the closing amount increases the cost of goods decreases and in the given scenario the closing inventory of year 1 has been decreased which means that the cost of goods sold has increased which will decrease the profit. And if the profit decreases then:

Earning per share = Profit after tax (Decreased) / Number of share (Same)

As the profit has decreased the earning per share will also decrease.