Question

Crane Inc. uses the retail inventory method to estimate ending inventory for its monthly financial statements. The following data pertain to a single department for the month of October 2021.

Inventory, October 1, 2021
At cost		$50,900
At retail		78,600
Purchases (exclusive of freight and returns)
At cost		270,540
At retail		426,400
Freight-in		16,900
Purchase returns
At cost		5,700
At retail		7,900
Markups		8,900
Markup cancellations		2,000
Markdowns (net)		3,500
Normal spoilage and breakage		10,000
Sales revenue		384,700

(a) Using the conventional retail method, prepare a schedule computing estimated lower-of-cost-or-market inventory for October 31, 2021. (Round ratios for computational purposes to 0 decimal places, e.g 78% and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 28,987.)

Ending inventory at lower-of-cost-or-market

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Answer 1

	Cost	retail
Beginning inventory	50,900	78,600
Add: purchases	270,540	426,400
Add: Freight in	16,900
Less: purchase return	-5700	-7,900
Add: net mark-ups (8,900-2,000)		6,900
Goods available for sale	332,640	504,000
Cost to retail percentage		66%
Less: net markdown		-3,500
Less: normal spoilage and breakage		-10,000
Less: net sales		-384,700
Estimated ending inventory retail		105,800
Estimated ending inventory-cost	69,828

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Estimated ending inventory cost = 105,800*66% = 69,828

Cost to retail percentage = 332,640 / 504,000 * 100 = 66%