Retail Inventory Method The following information relates to the retail inventory method used by Jeffress Company:
Required:
1.
Calculate the cost of ending inventory by the retail method using FIFO, average cost, LIFO, and LCM cost flow assumptions.
Retail inventory method: It takes into account all the retail amounts that is, the current selling prices. Under this method, the goods available for sale, at retail is deducted from the sales, at retail to determine the ending inventory, at retail.
Conventional Retail Method: Conventional retail method refers to the estimation of the lower of average cost or market by eliminating the markdowns from the calculation of the cost-to-retail percentage.
In this case, the cost-to-retail percentage will be determined by dividing the goods available for sale at cost by the goods available for at retail (excluding markdowns). Thus, the conventional retail method will always result in lower estimation of ending inventory when the markdowns exist.
a.
FIFO: Under this inventory method, the units that are purchased first are sold first. Thus, it starts from the selling of the beginning inventory, followed by the units purchased in a chronological order of their purchases took place during a particular period.
Calculate the cost of ending inventory by the retail method using FIFO cost flow.
Ending Inventory - FIFO | ||
Details | Cost ($) | Retail ($) |
Purchases | 54,600 | 92,400 |
Freight-in | 840 | Â |
Markups (net) | Â | 600 |
Markdowns | 0 | (1,144) |
 | 55,440 | 91,856 |
Add: Beginning inventory | 11,160 | 18,000 |
Goods available for sale | 66,600 | 109,856 |
Less: Sales | Â | (94,056) |
Ending inventory at retail | Â | $15,800 |
Ending inventory at cost | $9,543 | Â |
Table (1)
Working note 1:
Calculate ending inventory at cost:
Step 1: Calculate cost-to-retail ratio.
Step 2: Calculate ending inventory at cost.
b.
Average cost method: Under this method, the cost of the goods available for sale is divided by the number of units available for sale during a particular period.
Calculate the cost of ending inventory by the retail method using average cost flow.
Ending Inventory - Average Cost | ||
Details | Cost ($) | Retail ($) |
Beginning inventory | 11,160 | 18,000 |
Add:Â Net purchase | 54,600 | 92,400 |
         Freight in | 840 |  |
         Net markups (net) |  | 600 |
Less: Net markdowns | 0 | (1,144) |
Goods available for sale | 66,600 | 109,856 |
Less: Sales | Â | (94,056) |
Estimated ending inventory at retail | Â | $15,800 |
Estimated ending inventory at cost | $9,575 | Â |
Table (2)
Working note 1:
Calculate ending inventory at cost.
Step 1: Calculate cost-to-retail ratio.
Step 2: Calculate ending inventory at cost.
c
2.
Indicate the needed assumptions for the retail inventory method to produce correct estimated of ending inventory.
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