Intermediate Accounting, Student Value Edition (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134732145
Author: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Jana S. Raedy, Alexander J. Sannella
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.19BE
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The per unit value of ending inventory using lower-of-cost-or-market method.
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Weathertough Boot Company manufactures two types of boots-rain boots and snow boots. Information related to both products is presented in the following table.
(Click the icon to view the data.)
Determine the ending inventory value per unit using the lower-of-cost-or-market rule assuming that WeathertoughBoot uses the group-by-group approach to LCM. WeathertoughBoot uses FIFO for inventory costing
purposes. (Assume that Weathertough Boot Company is a U.S. GAAP reporter.)
Begin by completing the table below to identify the market value for each group and to determine the ending inventory value per unit using the lower-of-cost-or-market.
FIFO
Cost
Group
Rain boots
Snow boots
Market Lower of Cost
Value
or Market
Data table
Group
Rain
Snow
Current
Replacement Cost
$
68
85
Selling Disposal Normal Profit
Price Costs
$93
115
$ 23 $
25
Print
Done
Margin
8
14
$
Cost
61
97
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X
A home improvement store, like Lowe’s, carries the following items:Required:1. Compute the total cost of inventory.2. Determine whether each inventory item would be reported at cost or net realizable value. Multiply the quantity of each inventory item by the appropriate cost or NRV amount and place the total in the “Lower of Cost and NRV” column. Then determine the total of that column.3. Compare your answers in requirement 1 and requirement 2 and then record any necessary adjustment to write down inventory from cost to net realizable value.4. Discuss the financial statement effects of using lower of cost and net realizable value to report inventory.
Huddell Company, which is both a wholesaler and retailer, purchases merchandise from various suppliers. Thedollar-value LIFO method is used for the wholesale inventories.Huddell determines the estimated cost of its retail ending inventories using the conventional retail inventorymethod, which approximates lower of average cost or market.Required:1. a. What are the advantages of using the dollar-value LIFO method as opposed to the traditional LIFOmethod?b. How does the application of the dollar-value LIFO method differ from the application of the traditionalLIFO method?2. a. In the calculation of the cost-to-retail percentage used to determine the estimated cost of its ending inventories, how should Huddell use∙ Net markups?∙ Net markdowns?b. Why does Huddell’s retail inventory method approximate lower of average cost or market?
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Intermediate Accounting, Student Value Edition (2nd Edition)
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