Inventory Write-Down, Dollar-Value LIFO, and Consignments
Caddell Company, a wholesaler, purchases its inventories from various suppliers FOB destination. It incurs substantial warehousing costs. Caddell uses the dollar-value LIFO inventory cost flow method, ('added also consigns some of its inventories to Reed Company.
Reed also has items for sale that it purchases from other wholesalers. Reed values its inventory at the lower of LIFO cost or market.
Required:
1. When are the purchases from various suppliers generally included in Caddell's inventory? Why?
2. Theoretically, how should Caddell account for the warehousing costs? Why?
3.
4. Explain how Caddell should account for the inventories consigned to Reed Company.
5. When Reed applies the lower of cost or market rule, what are the ceiling and floor limits?
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