Matthew will have some timber available to sell in December, 1987. His income for 1987 is going to be about $40,000 but his estimated income for 1988 is $20,000 because his wife plans to quit work to begin a family. With no significant changes in the tax law between 1987 and 1988, he will probably be better off to:
Mr. Johnson harvested corn in October, 1986. He stored the corn and sold it in May, 1987. With the accounting method he uses, he did not report the value of the corn as income on his 1986 tax return but will report it as income in 1987. His accounting method must be