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A) Whispering, Inc. uses the dollar-value LIFO method of computing its inventory. Data for the past...

A) Whispering, Inc. uses the dollar-value LIFO method of computing its inventory. Data for the past 3 years follow.

Year Ended
December 31

Inventory at
Current-Year Cost

Price
Index

2019

$21,500 100

2020

23,532 106

2021

27,664 112


Compute the value of the 2020 and 2021 inventories using the dollar-value LIFO method.

2020

2021

Inventory under LIFO

$enter a dollar amount

$enter a dollar amount

B)

The following is a record of Sheffield Company’s transactions for Boston Teapots for the month of May 2020.

May 1 Balance 468 units @ $18.00 May 10 Sale 351 units @ $35.00
12 Purchase 702 units @ $27.00 20 Sale 632 units @ $35.00
28 Purchase 468 units @ $31.00

Assuming that perpetual inventories are not maintained and that a physical count at the end of the month shows 655 units on hand, what is the cost of the ending inventory using (1) FIFO and (2) LIFO?

(1)
FIFO

(2)
LIFO

Ending Inventory

$

$

  

Assuming that perpetual records are maintained and they tie into the general ledger, calculate the ending inventory using (1) FIFO and (2) LIFO.

(1)
FIFO

(2)
LIFO

Ending Inventory

$

$

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