During 2024, WW Incorporated reduced its LIFO eligible inventory quantities due to a problem with its major supplier. The effect of this liquidation was to increase its cost of goods sold by approximately $40 million. WW has a 25% income tax rate. If WW had not experienced these supplier problems and the resulting liquidation: Multiple Choice its 2024 net income would have been $30 million higher because inventory purchase prices were declining. its 2024 net income would have been $30 million lower because inventory purchase prices were declining.
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