Question

Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2019. Available information follows: The inventory at January 1, 2019, had a retail value of $46,000 and a cost of $29,160 based on the conventional retail method. Transactions during 2019 were as follows: Cost Retail Gross purchases $ 291,540 $ 500,000 Purchase returns 6,000 11,000 Purchase discounts 5,100 Gross sales 500,000 Sales returns 8,500 Employee discounts 3,500 Freight-in 27,000 Net markups 26,000 Net markdowns 11,000 Sales to employees are recorded net of discounts. The retail value of the December 31, 2020, inventory was $61,800, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2020 under the LIFO retail method was 64%, and the appropriate price index was 103% of the January 1, 2020, price level. The retail value of the December 31, 2021, inventory was $49,290, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2021 under the LIFO retail method was 63%, and the appropriate price index was 106% of the January 1, 2020, price level.

1. Estimate ending inventory for 2019 using the conventional retail method.

2. Estimate ending inventory for 2019 assuming Raleigh Department Store used the LIFO retail method

3. Assume Raleigh Department Store adopts the dollar-value LIFO retail method on January 1, 2020. Estimating ending inventory for 2020 and 2021.

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