Question

Oriole Company began operations on January 1, 2019, adopting the conventional retail inventory system. None of the company’s merchandise was marked down in 2019 and, because there was no beginning inventory, its ending inventory for 2019 of $38,300 would have been the same under either the conventional retail system or the LIFO retail system.

On December 31, 2020, the store management considers adopting the LIFO retail system and desires to know how the December 31, 2020, inventory would appear under both systems. All pertinent data regarding purchases, sales, markups, and markdowns are shown below. There has been no change in the price level.

		Cost			Retail
Inventory, Jan. 1, 2020		$38,300			$59,400
Markdowns (net)					13,300
Markups (net)					21,900
Purchases (net)		132,900			179,100
Sales (net)					169,500

Determine the cost of the 2020 ending inventory under both (a) the conventional retail method and (b) the LIFO retail method. (Round ratios for computational purposes to 2 decimal place, e.g. 78.72% and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 28,987.)

(a)		Ending inventory using conventional retail method		$enter a dollar amount rounded to 0 decimal places
(b)		Ending inventory LIFO retail method		$enter a dollar amount rounded to 0 decimal places

Answer 1

a. Ending inventory using the conventional retail method:

With the help of given formulas:-

2. Ending inventory using the LIFO retail method:

With the help of given formulas:-