Richardson Company cans a variety of vegetable-type soups.
Recently, the company decided to value its inventories using
dollar-value LIFO pools. The clerk who accounts for inventories
does not understand how to value the inventory pools using this new
method, so, as a private consultant, you have been asked to teach
him how this new method works.
He has provided you with the following information about purchases
made over a 6-year period.
Date |
Ending Inventory |
Price Index |
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Dec. 31, 2016 | $80,000 | 100 | ||||
Dec. 31, 2017 | 111,300 | 105 | ||||
Dec. 31, 2018 | 108,000 | 120 | ||||
Dec. 31, 2019 | 128,700 | 130 | ||||
Dec. 31, 2020 | 147,000 | 140 | ||||
Dec. 31, 2021 | 174,000 | 145 |
You have already explained to him how this inventory method is
maintained, but he would feel better about it if you were to leave
him detailed instructions explaining how these calculations are
done and why he needs to put all inventories at a base-year
value.
Using your computation schedules as your illustration, write a
step-by-step set of instructions explaining how the calculations
are done. Begin your explanation by briefly explaining the theory
behind this inventory method, including the purpose of putting all
amounts into base-year price levels.
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