Question

Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2019. Available information follows:

1. The inventory at January 1, 2019, had a retail value of $45,000 and a cost of $27,500 based on the conventional retail method.
2. Transactions during 2019 were as follows:
   

	Cost			Retail
Gross purchases	$	282,000		$	490,000
Purchase returns		6,500			10,000
Purchase discounts		5,000
Sales					492,000
Sales returns					5,000
Employee discounts					3,000
Freight-in		26,500
Net markups					25,000
Net markdowns					10,000

Sales to employees are recorded net of discounts.

3. The retail value of the December 31, 2020, inventory was $56,100, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2020 under the LIFO retail method was 62%, and the appropriate price index was 102% of the January 1, 2020, price level.
4. The retail value of the December 31, 2021, inventory was $48,300, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2021 under the LIFO retail method was 61%, and the appropriate price index was 105% of the January 1, 2020, price level.

Required:
2. Estimate ending inventory for 2019 assuming Raleigh Department Store used the LIFO retail method. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.)

Answer 1