In: Accounting
Presented below is information related to Novak Company.
Cost
Retail
Beginning inventory $150,815 $283,000
Purchases 1,369,000 2,130,000
Markups 93,200
Markup cancellations 14,700
Markdowns 35,900
Markdown cancellations 4,900
Sales revenue 2,186,000
Compute the inventory by the conventional retail inventory method.
(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 using conventional retail inventory method
Calculation of Ending inventory using conventional retail inventory method | |||||||||
Cost | Retail | ||||||||
Beginning Inventory | $150,815.00 | $283,000.00 | |||||||
Purchases | $1,369,000.00 | $2,130,000.00 | |||||||
Inventory available for sale (cost) | $1,519,815.00 | $2,413,000.00 | |||||||
Add : Net Markups [$93200-$14700] | $78,500.00 | ||||||||
Retail with Markup | $2,491,500.00 | ||||||||
Less : Net Markdowns [$35900 - $4900] | $31,000.00 | ||||||||
Inventory available for sale (retail) | $2,460,500.00 | ||||||||
Less : Sales Revenue | $2,186,000.00 | ||||||||
Ending Inventory at retail | $274,500.00 | ||||||||
To get the ending inventory at cost, first calculate the cost-to-retail ratio | |||||||||
Cost to retail ratio = Inventory available for sale (cost) / Inventory available for sale (retail) with markup | |||||||||
Cost to retail ratio = $1519815 / $2491500 = 61% | |||||||||
Ending inventory using conventional retail inventory method = Ending Inventory at retail * cost to retail ratio = $274500 * 61% = $1,67,445 | |||||||||