Forest Company has five products in its inventory. Information about the December 31, 2021, inventory follows.
Product |
Quantity |
Unit Cost |
Unit Replacement Cost |
Unit Selling Price |
A |
1,000 |
$10 |
$12 |
$16 |
B |
800 |
$15 |
$11 |
$18 |
C |
600 |
$3 |
$2 |
$8 |
D |
200 |
$7 |
$4 |
$6 |
E |
600 |
$14 |
$12 |
$13 |
The cost to sell for each product consists of a 15 percent sales commission. The normal profit for each product is 40 percent of the selling price. The carrying value of inventory at December 31, 2021, assuming the lower of cost or market (LCM) rule is applied to individual products would be:
A)28,030
B)28,000
C)27,530
D)26,400
Product |
Unit selling price |
Sales commission [ 15% * Unit selling price ] |
Normal profit |
Net realizable value (NRV) [ Unit selling price - Sales commission ] (A) |
NRV less normal profit (B) |
Unit replacement cost (C) |
Market value [ Middle of A,B & C ] |
Unit cost |
Lower of cost or market |
Quantity |
Inventory value [ Lower of cost or market * Quantity ] |
A | 16 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 13.6 | 7.2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1000 | 10000 |
B | 18 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 15.3 | 8.1 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 800 | 8800 |
C | 8 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 2 | 3.6 | 3 | 3 | 600 | 1800 |
D | 6 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 200 | 800 |
E | 13 | 1.95 | 5.2 | 11.05 | 5.85 | 12 | 11.05 | 14 | 11.05 | 600 | 6630 |
Total | 28030 |
Answer | 28030 |
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