In: Accounting
Vaughn Company follows the practice of pricing its inventory at
the lower-of-cost-or-market, on an individual-item basis.
Item No. |
Quantity |
Cost per Unit |
Cost to Replace |
Estimated Selling Price |
Cost of Completion and Disposal |
Normal Profit |
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1320 | 1,400 | $3.30 | $3.09 | $4.64 | $0.36 | $1.29 | ||||||||||||
1333 | 1,100 | 2.78 | 2.37 | 3.61 | 0.52 | 0.52 | ||||||||||||
1426 | 1,000 | 4.64 | 3.81 | 5.15 | 0.41 | 1.03 | ||||||||||||
1437 | 1,200 | 3.71 | 3.19 | 3.30 | 0.26 | 0.93 | ||||||||||||
1510 | 900 | 2.32 | 2.06 | 3.35 | 0.82 | 0.62 | ||||||||||||
1522 | 700 | 3.09 | 2.78 | 3.91 | 0.41 | 0.52 | ||||||||||||
1573 | 3,200 | 1.85 | 1.65 | 2.58 | 0.77 | 0.52 | ||||||||||||
1626 | 1,200 | 4.84 | 5.36 | 6.18 | 0.52 | 1.03 |
From the information above, determine the amount of Vaughn Company
inventory.
The amount of Vaughn Company’s inventory |
Let us begin by calculating the Net Realizable value(NRV) and Net Realizable value less normal profit.
Item no. |
(a) Estimated selling price ($) |
(b) Cost of completion and disposal ($) |
(c) (a-b) |
(d) Normal profit ($) |
(e) NRV less normal profit ($) (c-d) |
1320 | 4.64 | 0.36 | 4.28 | 1.29 | 2.99 |
1333 | 3.61 | 0.52 | 3.09 | 0.52 | 2.57 |
1426 | 5.15 | 0.41 | 4.74 | 1.03 | 3.71 |
1437 | 3.30 | 0.26 | 3.04 | 0.93 | 2.11 |
1510 | 3.35 | 0.82 | 2.53 | 0.62 | 1.91 |
1522 | 3.91 | 0.41 | 3.5 | 0.52 | 2.98 |
1573 | 2.58 | 0.77 | 1.81 | 0.52 | 1.29 |
1626 | 6.18 | 0.52 | 5.66 | 1.03 | 4.63 |
Market value is taken to be the middle value of NRV, NRV less normal profit and the cost to replace
Let us calculate the value of inventory using lower of cost or market value rule on an individual item basis :
Item no. | (a) NRV ($) | (b) NRV less normal profit ($) | (c) Cost to replace ($) |
(d) Market value ($) [ middle of a, b and c ] |
(e) Cost per unit ($) |
(f) Inventory value per unit ($) [ lower of d and e ] |
(g) Quantity |
Total value of inventory ($) [ f * g ] |
1320 | 4.28 | 2.99 | 3.09 | 3.09 | 3.30 | 3.09 | 1,400 | 4,326 |
1333 | 3.09 | 2.57 | 2.37 | 2.57 | 2.78 | 2.57 | 1,100 | 2,827 |
1426 | 4.74 | 3.71 | 3.81 | 3.81 | 4.64 | 3.81 | 1,000 | 3,810 |
1437 | 3.04 | 2.11 | 3.19 | 3.04 | 3.71 | 3.04 | 1,200 | 3,648 |
1510 | 2.53 | 1.91 | 2.06 | 2.06 | 2.32 | 2.06 | 900 | 1,854 |
1522 | 3.5 | 2.98 | 2.78 | 2.98 | 3.09 | 2.98 | 700 | 2,086 |
1573 | 1.81 | 1.29 | 1.65 | 1.65 | 1.85 | 1.65 | 3,200 | 5,280 |
1626 | 5.66 | 4.63 | 5.36 | 5.36 | 4.84 | 4.84 | 1,200 | 5,808 |
Total | 29,639 |
The amount of Vaughn Company's inventory is $29,639