In: Accounting
On January 1, 2018, Avondale Lumber adopted the dollar-value
LIFO inventory method. The inventory value for its one inventory
pool on this date was $350,000. An internally generated cost index
is used to convert ending inventory to base year. Year-end
inventories at year-end costs and cost indexes for its one
inventory pool were as follows:
Year Ended | Inventory | Cost Index | |||
December 31 | Year-End Costs | (Relative to Base Year) | |||
2018 | $ | 438,780 | 1.03 | ||
2019 | 451,540 | 1.07 | |||
2020 | 508,680 | 1.08 | |||
2021 | 548,895 | 1.11 | |||
Required:
Calculate inventory amounts at the end of each year. (Round
intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole
dollars.)
Calculation of Inventory amount at the end of each year
1) 2018 inventory to base year prices = $438,780/1.03 = $426,000
2018 LIFO Layer = $426,000 - $350,000 = $76,000
New LIFO Layer at the end of year prices = $76,000*1.03 = $78,280
Inventory amount at the end of 2018 = $350,000+$78,280 = $428,280
2) 2019 inventory to base year prices = $451,540/1.07 = $422,000
2019 LIFO Layer liquidation = $422,000 - $426,000 = -$4,000
Inventory amount at the end of 2019 = $350,000+[($76,000-$4,000)*1.03] = $424,160
3) 2020 inventory to base year prices = $508,680/1.08 = $471,000
2020 LIFO Layer = $471,000 - $422,000 = $49,000
LIFO Layer at the end of year prices = $49,000*1.08 = $52,920
Inventory amount at the end of 2019 = $424,160+$52,920 = $477,080
4) 2021 inventory to base year prices = $548,895/1.11 = $494,500
2020 LIFO Layer = $494,500 - $471,000 = $23,500
LIFO Layer at the end of year prices = $23,500*1.11 = $26,085
Inventory amount at the end of 2019 = $477,080+$26,085 = $503,165