Inventory in the statement of financial position

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Clear Limited produces Plasma TV and distributes to retailers under her own house brand. Recent trend in market seems to favour adoption of TV using either LCD or LED technology. Most major retailers are switching to offering LCD and LED TV. It is very likely that Plasma TV will become obsolete within the year. Sales for Plasma TV have declined rapidly over the past few months.

Jackson Lim, the CEO for Clear betted on the Plasma TV technology few years ago and hence the company is now holding an inventory that can become obsolete. The Board of Director has made a decision to switch to manufacturing the latest Smart LED TV. Jackson wonders how he should deal with the existing inventory, Plasma TV.

The firm accountant, Cindy recommended writing off the inventory. The company financial performance had not be ideal last year and Jackson feared that taking this action would cause the financial statements to be even worse. This would adversely affect the reputation of the company. The existing shareholders might not like to see a poor performance in the financial statements. Therefore he instructed Susan to maintain the existing inventory in the Statement of Financial Position (Balance Sheet) for the current year.

Give 2 points/comments for each question:

1. On the decision that Jackson made
2. On the dilemma Cindy is facing.
3. If Cindy approaches you as a friend concerning this, what would you tell her to do?
4. What could be the appropriate ways to deal with the inventory?

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