(Appendix 8.1) Inventory Write-Down Frost Company’s inventory records tor the years 2019 and 2020 reveal the cost and market of the January 1, 2019, inventory to be $125,000. On December 31, 2019, the cost of inventory was $130,000, while the market value was only $128,000. The December 31, 2020, market value of inventory was $140,000, and the cost was only $135,000. Frost uses a periodic inventory system. Purchases for 2019 were $100,000 and for 2020 were $110,000.
Required:
1.
Prepare journal entries to record lower of cost or market under allowanceand direct method.
Inventory Write-Downs: If the utilizing capacity of inventory by the company has drops down below the acquisition cost of inventory, the inventory write-downs occur.
The following are the two situations for the inventory write-downs:
Allowance method: In a separate inventory valuation account and loss account, the loss is recorded.
a.
Prepare journal entries to record lower of cost or market under allowance method:
Date | Account Title and Explanation | Post | Debit | Credit |
Ref. | ($) | ($) | ||
2019 | Income Summary (SE–) |  | 125,000 |  |
 |      Inventory (A–) |  |  | 125,000 |
 | (To record the close of beginning inventory) |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
 | Inventory (A+) |  | 130,000 |  |
 |       Income Summary (SE+) |  |  | 130,000 |
 | (To record the ending inventory) |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
 | Loss on Write-Down of Inventory (SE–) |  | 2,000 |  |
 |        Allowance to Reduce Inventory to NRV (A–) |  |  | 2,000 |
 | (To record the inventory at lower of cost or NRV) |  |  |  |
 | ||||
Date | Account Title and Explanation | Post | Debit | Credit |
Ref. | ($) | ($) | ||
 2020 | Income Summary (SE–) |  | 128,000 |  |
 | Allowance to Reduce Inventory to NRV (A+) |  | 2,000 |  |
 |  Inventory (A–) |  |  | 130,000 |
 | (To record the close of beginning inventory) |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
 | Inventory (A+) |  | 135,000 |  |
 |       Income Summary (SE+) |  |  | 135,000 |
 | (To record the ending inventory) |  |  |  |
Table (1)
b...
2.
Prepare the cost of goods sold section of the income statement and record the inventory on its balance sheet for 2019 and 2020.
3.
Describe the differences in inventory valuation and income between two methods (periodic and perpetual).
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