You assemble the following information for Swifty Department Store, which computes its inventory under the dollar-value LIFO method. Cost Retail Inventory on January 1, 2017 $217,008 $301,400 Purchases 360,450 480,600 Increase in price level for year 9% Compute the cost of the inventory on December 31, 2017, assuming that the inventory at retail is (a) $292,100 and (b) $358,610
cost $ | Retail $ | Ratio cost/retail | ||
inventory on jan 1st | 2,17,008 | 3,01,400 | 72% | |
Purchases | 360,450 | 480,600 | 75% | |
increase in price level for year | 9% |
a)inventory=$292,100
with 9% price level
base inventory on 1/1/17=292,100/1.09=$268,900
this is less than the retail opening inventory $301,400
so there is LIFO liquidation
inventory at cost=$268,900*72%=$1,93,608
b)inventory=$358,610
with 9% price level
base inventory on 1/1/17=$358,610/1.09=$329,000
there is an increase of ($329,000-$301,400) $27,600
NEW Layer at retail=$27,600*1.09=$30,084
New layer at cost=$30,084*75%=22,563
Add:Base layer=$217,008
Total =$22,563+$217,008=$239,571
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