Question

Lower-of-Cost-or-Market Inventory

On the basis of the following data, determine the value of the inventory at the lower of cost or market. Assemble the data in the form illustrated in Exhibit 10.

Product	Inventory Quantity	Cost Per Unit	Market Value per Unit (Net Realizable Value)
Class 1:
Model A	32	$256	$251
Model B	8	94	79
Model C	18	178	194
Class 2:
Model D	23	247	263
Model E	34	98	77

a. Determine the value of the inventory at the lower of cost or market applied to each item in the inventory.

Inventory at the Lower of Cost or Market
Product	Inventory Quantity	Cost per Unit	Market Value per Unit (Net Realizable Value)	Cost	Market	Lower of Cost or Market
Model A		$	$	$	$	$
Model B
Model C
Model D
Model E
Total				$	$	$

b. Determine the value of the inventory at the lower of cost or market applied to each class of inventory.

Inventory at the Lower of Cost or Market
Product	Inventory Quantity	Cost per Unit	Market Value per Unit (Net Realizable Value)	Cost	Market	Lower of Cost or Market
Class 1:
Model A		$	$	$	$
Model B
Model C
Subtotal				$	$	$
Class 2:
Model D				$	$
Model E
Subtotal				$	$
Total				$	$	$

c. Determine the value of the inventory at the lower of cost or market applied to total inventory.

Inventory at the Lower of Cost or Market
Product	Inventory Quantity	Cost per Unit	Market Value per Unit (Net Realizable Value)	Cost	Market	Lower of Cost or Market
Model A		$	$	$	$
Model B
Model C
Model D
Model E
Total				$	$	$

Answer 1