Information about the ending inventory of the Madisen Company at December 31, 2017, has been provided to you by the company’s accounting personnel as follows:
Item |
Quantity |
Cost per Unit |
Market Value per Unit |
A |
50 |
$10.00 |
$11.00 |
B |
750 |
$3.00 |
$2.00 |
C |
2,300 |
$5.00 |
$3.00 |
D |
350 |
$16.00 |
$20.00 |
At what value will Madisen’s ending inventory be carried on the December 31, 2017 balance sheet under the lower of cost or market method applied to all inventory items together?
Ans. Amounts are in $
Total Cost of Inventory
Item | Quantity | Cost per unit | Total cost |
A | 50 | $10 | $500 |
B | 750 | $3 | $2250 |
C | 2300 | $5 | $11500 |
D | 350 | $16 | $5600 |
Total cost for Inventory | $19850 |
Now lets calculate the market value of all inventory
Items | Quantity | Market value per unit | Total Market value |
A | 50 | $11 | $550 |
B | 750 | $2 | $1500 |
C | 2300 | $3 | $6900 |
D | 350 | $20 | $7000 |
Total | $15950 |
So From Above analysis we can see that market value of inventories are only $15950 as compared to cost of $19850.
Lower of cost or market value is market value in this case
December 31'2017 Inventory will be carried at $15950.
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