In: Accounting
On January 1, 2018, Pet Friendly Stores adopted the retail
inventory method. Inventory transactions at both cost and retail,
and cost indexes for 2018 and 2019 are as follows:
2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
Cost | Retail | Cost | Retail | ||||||||||
Beginning inventory | $ | 162,500 | $ | 250,000 | |||||||||
Purchases | 800,000 | 1,084,000 | $ | 680,000 | $ | 1,063,000 | |||||||
Purchase returns | 7,000 | 12,150 | 2,000 | 4,300 | |||||||||
Freight-in | 12,500 | 2,000 | |||||||||||
Net markups | 6,900 | 11,800 | |||||||||||
Net markdowns | 4,750 | 8,000 | |||||||||||
Net sales to customers | 950,000 | 722,000 | |||||||||||
Sales to employees (net of 25% discount) | 22,500 | 22,500 | |||||||||||
Normal spoilage | 4,200 | 6,900 | |||||||||||
Price Index: | |||||||||||||
January 1, 2018 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2018 | 1.25 | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2019 | 1.25 | ||||||||||||
Required:
1. Estimate the 2018 and 2019 ending inventory and
cost of goods sold using the dollar-value LIFO retail method.