In: Accounting
Herman Company has three products in its ending inventory.
Specific per unit data at the end of the year for each of the
products are as follows:
Product 1 | Product 2 | Product 3 | |||||||||
Cost | $ | 26 | $ | 96 | $ | 56 | |||||
Replacement cost | 24 | 91 | 46 | ||||||||
Selling price | 46 | 126 | 63 | ||||||||
Selling costs | 8 | 31 | 14 | ||||||||
Normal profit margin | 11 | 36 | 18 | ||||||||
Required:
What unit values should Herman use for each of its products when
applying the lower of cost or market (LCM) to ending inventory?
Product | Cost | Replacement Cost | NRV | NRV-NP | MARKET | Per Unit Inventory Value |
1 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
3 |
Answer | ||||||
Product |
Cost | Replacement cost | NRV | NRV-NP | Market | Per unit inventory value |
1 | $ 26 | $ 24 | $ 38 | $ 27 | $ 27 | $ 26 |
2 | $ 96 | $ 91 | $ 95 | $ 59 | $ 91 | $ 91 |
3 | $ 56 | $ 46 | $ 49 | $ 31 | $ 46 | $ 46 |
Formula used | ||||||
NRV = Selling price - selling costs | ||||||
NP = Normal profit margin | ||||||
Market value = Middle value of (Replacement cost, NRV or NRV - NP) | ||||||
Per unit inventory value = Lower of (cost or market) | ||||||