In: Accounting
On January 1, 2020, ECT Co. adopted the dollar-value LIFO method for its one inventory pool. The pool's value on this date was $600 million. The 2020 and 2021 ending inventory valued at year-end costs were $702 million and $840 million, respectively. The appropriate cost indexes are 1.08 for 2020 and 1.20 for 2021.
Required:
Calculate the inventory balance that ECT Co. would report on its year-end balance sheets for 2020 and 2021, using the dollar-value LIFO method and submit using the DVL template.
Calculation:
year | Base price (without inflation) | Ending Inventory (without inflation) | Ending Inventory (with inflation tobe repoted ) | |
1 jan 2015 | 600 | - | - | |
31Dec 2015 | 650 [702*1 /1.08] | 600 - Beginning | 600 | |
50 - out of this year purchase | 50 *1.08 = 54 | |||
Total inventory to be reported under Dollar LIFO | 654 | |||
31Dec 2016 | 700 [840 *1/1.0] | 600 - Beginning 2015 | 600 | |
50 - 2015 purchase | 50*1.08 = 54 | |||
50 - 2016 purchase | 50 *1.20 = 60 | |||
Total inventory to be reported under Dollar LIFO | 714 |