Intermediate Accounting
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.14P
Dollar-value LIFO
• LO8–8
Kingston Company uses the dollar-value LIFO method of computing inventory. An external price index is used to convert ending inventory to base year. The company began operations on January 1, 2018, with an inventory of $150,000. Year-end inventories at year-end costs and cost indexes for its one inventory pool were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31 | Ending Inventory at Year-End Costs | Cost Index (Relative to Base Year) |
| 2018 | $200,000 | 1.08 |
| 2019 | 245,700 | 1.17 |
| 2020 | 235,980 | 1.14 |
| 2021 | 228,800 | 1.10 |
Required:
Calculate inventory amounts at the end of each year.
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Cost Retail
Inventory, January 1 P 2,000,000 P3,000,000 Purchases 10,600,000 14,000,000 Net markups 1,600,000 Net markdowns 600,000 Sales 12,000,000 Estimated normal shoplifting losses 400,000 Estimated normal shrinkage is 5% of sales
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E9.3B (L0 1) (LCNRV) Sunshine Company follows the practice of pricing its inventory at LCNRV, on an individual-item basis.
Item No.
Quantity
Cost per Unit
Cost to Replace
Estimated
Selling Price
Cost of Completion and Disposal
Normal
Profi t
A
1,200
$8.10
$8.00
$9.00
$0.35
$0.90
B
600
6.00
5.60
6.00
0.45
0.50
C
200
5.50
5.00
7.00
0.40
1.00
D
700
7.25
7.50
8.00
0.50
0.90
E
1,000
2.10
2.00
2.80
0.65
0.20
F
500
4.05
4.00
5.00
0.40
0.75
G
2,000
8.75
8.15
9.00
0.60
0.50
H
300
9.95
9.00
10.50
0.30
1.00
Instructions
From the information above,
determine the amount of Sunshine Company inventory using the LCNRV method.
determine the amount of Sunshine Company inventory using the LCM method.
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