Chapter 9: Q9Q (page 474)
Question:Under what circumstances is relative sales value an appropriate basis for determining the price assigned to inventory?
The relative sales value basis is used in the lump-sum purchase scenario.
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Fuque Inc. uses the retail inventory method to estimate ending inventory for its monthly financial statements. The following data pertain to a single department for the month of October 2018. Inventory, October 1, 2018 At cost \( 52,000 At retail 78,000 Purchases (exclusive of freight and returns) At cost 272,000 At retail 423,000 Freight-in 16,600 Purchase returns At cost 5,600 At retail 8,000 Markups 9,000 Markup cancellations 2,000 Markdowns (net) 3,600 Normal spoilage and breakage 10,000 Sales revenue 390,000 Instructions (a) Using the conventional retail method, prepare a schedule computing estimated lower-of-cost-or-market inventory for October 31, 2018. (b) A department store using the conventional retail inventory method estimates the cost of its ending inventory as \)60,000. An accurate physical count reveals only $47,000 of inventory at lower-of-cost-or-market. List the factors that may have caused the difference between the computed inventory and the physical count.
Referring to the situation in P9-2 for Garcia Home Improvement Company, consider the following expanded data at May 31, 2017. Assume Garcia uses LIFO inventory costing. Problems 483 Replacement Sales Net Realizable Normal Cost Cost Price Value Profi t Aluminum siding \( 70,000 \) 62,500 \( 64,000 \) 56,000 \( 5,100 Cedar shake siding 86,000 79,400 94,000 84,800 7,400 Louvered glass doors 112,000 124,000 186,400 168,300 18,500 Thermal windows 140,000 126,000 154,800 140,000 15,400 Total \)408,000 \(391,900 \)499,200 \(449,100 \)46,400 Instructions (a) (1) Determine the proper balance in Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market at May 31, 2017. (2) For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2017, determine the amount of the gain or loss that would be recorded due to the change in Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market. (b) Explain the rationale for the use of the lower-of-cost-or-market rule as it applies to inventories
Bell, Inc. buys 1,000 computer game CDs from a distributor who is discontinuing those games. The purchase price for the lot is \(8,000. Bell will group the CDs into three price categories for resale, as indicated below. Group No. of CDs Price per CD 1 100 \) 5 2 800 10 3 100 15 Determine the cost per CD for each group, using the relative sales value method
Presented below is information related to Ricky Henderson Company. Cost Retail Beginning inventory \( 200,000 \) 280,000 Purchases 1,375,000 2,140,000 Markups 95,000 Markup cancellations 15,000 Markdowns 35,000 Markdown cancellations 5,000 Sales revenue 2,200,000 Instructions Compute the inventory by the conventional retail inventory method.
Question:Explain the rationale for the ceiling and floor in the lower-of-cost-or-market method of valuing inventories.
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