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You are comparing the financial statements of two companies, Ready PLC and Marlet Inc., which operate in the same industry but different countries. Ready Inc. is a British company and prepares its financial statements using British accounting rules. Marlet is a U.S company and prepares its statements using U.S.GAAP.

The following differences in accounting methods are noted:
 Ready  Marlet  Goodwill  Goodwill is immediately  Goodwill is capitalized and  written-off directly to  amortized over 40 years  stockholders’ equity  Inventory costing FIFO is used for financial  LIFO allowed for tax and reporting and tax purposes financial reporting purposesResearch and Capitalized and amortized Expensed Development costs\begin{array}{lll}&\text { Ready }&\text { Marlet }\\\text { Goodwill } &\text { Goodwill is immediately } &\text { Goodwill is capitalized and } \\&\text { written-off directly to } &\text { amortized over } 40 \text { years }\\&\text { stockholders' equity }\\\\\text { Inventory costing}&\text { FIFO is used for financial }&\text { LIFO allowed for tax and}\\&\text { reporting and tax purposes}&\text { financial reporting purposes}\\ \\\text {Research and }&\text {Capitalized and amortized }&\text {Expensed}\\\text { Development costs}\end{array}
You want to restate the financial statements of Marlet in order to make them comparable with Ready PLC. Identify the adjustments you would make and the effect on the financial statements.

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