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Problem 4
Frederick Company adopted the dollar-value LIFO method on January 1, 2015 (using internal price indexes and multiple pools). The following data are available for inventory pool A for the 2 years following adoption of LIFO.
At Base- At Current- Price
Inventory Year Cost Year Cost Index
1/1/15 $100,000 $100,000 100
12/31/15 120,000 126,000 105
12/31/16 128,000 143,360 112
Using the dollar-value LIFO method, at what amount should the inventory be reported at December 31, 2016?
Problem 4
Computation of price indexes:
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12/31/16 |
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Dollar-value LIFO inventory 12/31/15:
Dollar-value LIFO inventory |
Dollar-value LIFO inventory 12/31/16:
Dollar-value LIFO inventory |
31-12-2015
$ 1,20,000 / 1.05 = $ 1,14,286
$ 1,00,000 * 1.00 = $ 1,00,000
$ 14,286 * 1.05 = $ 15,000
$ 1,15,000
**( $ 1,14,286 - $ 1,00,000 = $ 14,286 )
31-12-2016
$ 1,28,000 / 1.12 = $ 1,14,286
$ 1,00,000 * 1.00 = $ 1,00,000
$ 14,286 * 1.05 = $ 15,000
$ 2,300 * 1.12 = $ 0
$ 1,15,000
**( $ 1,14,286 - $ 1,14,286 = $ 0 )