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Carla Vista Company manufactures one product. On December 31, 2019, Carla Vista adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory on that date using the dollar-value LIFO inventory method was $960,000. Inventory data are as follows:
Year |
Inventory at |
Price index |
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2020 |
$1,285,200 |
1.05 |
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2021 |
1,840,000 |
1.15 |
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2022 |
1,930,000 |
1.25 |
Compute the inventory at December 31, 2020, 2021, and
2022, using the dollar-value LIFO method for each year.
Inventory at December 31, 2020 |
Inventory at December 31, 2021 |
Inventory at December 31, 2022 |
Date | Inventory at Year End Prices | Price Index (Base Year 2019) | Inventory at Base year Prices | Change From Previous Year |
December 31, 2019 | $960,000 | 1 | $960,000 | 0 |
December 31, 2020 | $1,285,200 | 1.05 | $1,224,000 | $264,000 |
December 31, 2021 | $1,840,000 | 1.15 | $1,600,000 | $376,000 |
December 31, 2022 | $1,930,000 | 1.25 | $1,544,000 | ($56,000) |
Now we can compute the dollar value inventory:
December 31, 2019 | |
$960,000 @ 1.0 | $960,000 |
December 31, 2020 | |
$960,000 @ 1.0 | $960,000 |
$264,000 @ 1.05 | $277,200 |
December 31, 2020 | $1,237,200 |
December 31, 2021 | |
$960,000 @ 1.0 | $960,000 |
$264,000 @ 1.05 | $277,200 |
$376,000 @ 1.15 | $432,400 |
December 31, 2021 | $1,669,600 |
December 31, 2022 | |
$960,000 @ 1.0 | $960,000 |
$264,000 @ 1.05 | $277,200 |
$320,000 @ 1.15 | $368,000 |
December 31, 2022 | $1,605,200 |
The Index price(1.15) of 2021 has been used because the ending inventory at base-year-prices ($1,544,000) is less than the beginning inventory at base-year-prices ($1,600,000).