Question

Whispering Company manufactures desks. Most of the company’s desks are standard models and are sold on the basis of catalog prices. At December 31, 2017, the following finished desks (10 desks in each category) appear in the company’s inventory.

Finished Desks		A		B		C		D
2017 catalog selling price		$ 439		$ 470		$ 900		$ 1,049
FIFO cost per inventory list 12/31/17		476		469		837		968
Estimated cost to complete and sell		53		118		265		204
2018 catalog selling price		515		546		900		1,217

The 2017 catalog was in effect through November 2017, and the 2018 catalog is effective as of December 1; catalog prices are net of the usual discounts.

At what amount should each of the four desks appear in the company’s December 31, 2017, inventory, assuming that the company has adopted a lower-of-FIFO-cost-or-net realizable value (LCNRV) approach for valuation of inventories on an individual-item basis?

Item A		$
Item B		$
Item C		$
Item D		$

Answer 1