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Tamarisk Company follows the practice of pricing its inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market, on an individual-item basis....

Tamarisk Company follows the practice of pricing its inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market, on an individual-item basis.

Item No. Quantity Cost Per
Unit
Cost to
Replace
Estimated
Selling Price
Cost of
Completion
& Disposal
Normal Profit
1320 2000 3.68 3.45 5.18 0.40 1.44
1333 1700 3.11 2.65 4.03 0.58 0.58
1426 1600 5.18 4.26 5.75 0.46 1.15
1437 1800 4.14 3.57 3.68 0.29 1.04
1510 1500 2.59 2.30 3.74 0.92 0.69
1522 1300 3.45 3.11 4.37 0.46 0.58
1573 3800 2.07 1.84 2.88 0.86 0.58
1626 1800 5.41 5.98 6.90 0.58 1.15

From the information above, determine the amount of Tamarisk Company inventory.

What is the amount of Tamarisk Company’s inventory?

Please explain how you determined the LCM when computing and why you selected that price.

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Expert Solution

Inventory item Cost or market NRV - profit margin Replacement cost Net realizable value Market Cost Lower of cost or market Number of units Carrying value
1320 Market 3.34 3.45 4.78                    3.45                    3.68                    3.45                  2,000              6,900
1333 Market 2.87 2.65 3.45                    2.87                    3.11                    2.87                  1,700              4,879
1426 Market 4.14 4.26 5.29                    4.26                    5.18                    4.26                  1,600              6,816
1437 Market 2.35 3.57 3.39                    3.39                    4.14                    3.39                  1,800              6,102
1510 Market 2.13 2.3 2.82                    2.30                    2.59                    2.30                  1,500              3,450
1522 Market 3.33 3.11 3.91                    3.33                    3.45                    3.33                  1,300              4,329
1573 Market 1.44 1.84 2.02                    1.84                    2.07                    1.84                  3,800              6,992
1626 Cost 5.17 5.98 6.32                    5.98                    5.41                    5.98                  1,800            10,764
Total Inventory            50,232

Inventory value is lower of cost or market.

Market price is the median of NRV-normal profit margin, replacement cost, NRV. NRV is selling price - selling costs.


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