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Bramble Corp. adopted the dollar-value LIFO method of inventory valuation on December 31, 2016. Its inventory at that date was $1102000 and the relevant price index was 100. Information regarding inventory for subsequent years is as follows:
| Date | Inventory at Current Prices |
Current Price Index |
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| December 31, 2017 | $1296000 | 108 | ||||
| December 31, 2018 | 1441000 | 125 | ||||
| December 31, 2019 | 1612000 | 130 | ||||
What is the cost of the ending inventory at December 31, 2019 under
dollar-value LIFO?
| Cost of the ending inventory at December 31, 2019 under dollar-value LIFO is $1,270,224 | |||||||
| Current | Price index | Base year | Change from prior year | ||||
| 2016 | 1,102,000 | 1.00 | 1,102,000 | - | |||
| 2017 | 1,296,000 | 1.08 | 1,200,000 | 98,000 | |||
| 2018 | 1,441,000 | 1.25 | 1,152,800 | (47,200) | |||
| 2019 | 1,612,000 | 1.30 | 1,240,000 | 87,200 | |||
| Ending Inventory—Dollar-value LIFO | |||||||
| 2016 | 1,102,000 | ||||||
| 2017 | (1,102,000*1) = $1,102,000 | ||||||
| (98,000*1.08) = 105,840 | |||||||
| (1,102,000+1,05840) = $1,207,840 | |||||||
| 2018 | (1,102,000*1) = $1,102,000 | ||||||
| [(1,152,800-1,102,000) * 1.08 ]= $54,864 | |||||||
| (1,102,000+54,864) = $1,156,864 | |||||||
| 2019 | (1,102,000*1) = $1,102,000 | ||||||
| [(1,152,800-1,102,000) * 1.08 ]= $54,864 | |||||||
| [(1,240,000-1,152,800) * 1.30 ]= $113,360 | |||||||
| (1,102,000+54,864+113,360) = $1,270,224 |