Pronghorn Company adopted the dollar-value LIFO method on
January 1, 2017 (using internal price indexes and multiple pools).
The following data are available for inventory pool A for the 2
years following adoption of LIFO.
Inventory |
At Base-Year |
At Current-Year |
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1/1/17 | $201,600 | $201,600 | ||
12/31/17 | 248,900 | 273,790 | ||
12/31/18 | 255,500 | 291,270 |
Computing an internal price index and using the dollar-value LIFO
method, at what amount should the inventory be reported at December
31, 2018?
Solution:
Computation of Price index and change from prior year - Pronghorn Company | ||||
Year | Inventory at end of year prices | Price index (Percentage) | Inventory at base year prices | Change from Prior Years |
2016 | $201,600.00 | 100 | $201,600 | $0 |
2017 | $273,790.00 | 110 | $248,900 | $47,300 |
2018 | $291,270.00 | 114 | $255,500 | $6,600 |
Computation of dollar value inventory - LIFO | |
Particulars | Amount |
December 31, 2018: | |
$201,600*$1 | $201,600 |
$47,300*1.10 | $52,030 |
$6,600*1.14 | $7,524 |
December 31, 2018: | $261,154 |
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