Question

Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2016. Available information follows:

The inventory at January 1, 2016, had a retail value of $53,000 and a cost of $36,930 based on the conventional retail method.

Transactions during 2016 were as follows:

	Cost			Retail
Gross purchases	$	327,870		$	570,000
Purchase returns		6,700			18,000
Purchase discounts		5,800
Gross sales					568,000
Sales returns					7,500
Employee discounts					2,000
Freight-in		30,500
Net markups					33,000
Net markdowns					18,000

Sales to employees are recorded net of discounts.

The retail value of the December 31, 2017, inventory was $61,880, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2017 under the LIFO retail method was 70%, and the appropriate price index was 104% of the January 1, 2017, price level.

The retail value of the December 31, 2018, inventory was $53,500, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2018 under the LIFO retail method was 69%, and the appropriate price index was 107% of the January 1, 2017, price level.

Required:
1. Estimate ending inventory for 2016 using the conventional retail method.
2. Estimate ending inventory for 2016 assuming Raleigh Department Store used the LIFO retail method.
3. Assume Raleigh Department Store adopts the dollar-value LIFO retail method on January 1, 2017. Estimating ending inventory for 2017 and 2018.

Answer 1

Answer 1.
Raleigh Department Store
Conventional Retail Method
	Cost	Retail
Beginning Inventory	36,930.00	53,000.00
Add: Purchases	327,870.00	570,000.00
Freight In	30,500.00
Less: Purchase Return	(6,700.00)	(18,000.00)
Purchase Discounts	(5,800.00)
Add: Net Markups		33,000.00
		638,000.00
Cost-to-retail Percentage = $382,800 / $638,000 = 60%
Less: Net Markdowns		(18,000.00)
Goods Available for Sale	382,800.00	620,000.00
Less:
Net Sales ($568,000 - $7,500)		(560,500.00)
Employee Discounts		(2,000.00)
Estimated Ending Inventory at Retail		57,500.00
Estimated Ending Inventory at Cost - $57,500 X 60%	34,500.00
Answer 2.
Raleigh Department Store
LIFO Retail Method
	Cost	Retail
Beginning Inventory	36,930.00	53,000.00
Add: Purchases	327,870.00	570,000.00
Freight In	30,500.00
Less: Purchase Return	(6,700.00)	(18,000.00)
Purchase Discounts	(5,800.00)
Add: Net Markups		33,000.00
Less: Net Markdowns		(18,000.00)
Goods Available for Sale (Exclusive Beginning Inventory)	345,870.00	567,000.00
Goods Available for Sale (Including Beginning Inventory)	382,800.00	620,000.00
Cost-to-retail Percentage = 61%
Less:
Net Sales ($568,000 - $7,500)		(560,500.00)
Employee Discounts		(2,000.00)
Estimated Ending Inventory at Retail		57,500.00
Estimated Ending Inventory at Cost:
	Retail	Cost
Beginning Inventory	53,000.00	36,930.00
Current Period's Layer	4,500.00	2,745.00
Total	57,500.00	39,675.00
Answer 3.

Raleigh Department Store
Dollar-Value LIFO Retail Method
Ending Inventory at Year-end Retail Prices	Ending Inventory at Base Year Retail Prices	Inventory Layers at Base Year Retail Prices	Inventory Layers Converted to Cost
2017
61,880.00	59,500.00	57,500.00	39,675.00
		2,000.00	1,456.00
Total Ending Inventory at dollar-value LIFO retail Cost			41,131.00
2018
53,500.00	50,000.00	50,000.00	34,500.00
Total Ending Inventory at dollar-value LIFO retail Cost			34,500.00