Midori Company had ending inventory at end-of-year prices of \(100,000 at December 31, 2016; \)119,900 at December 31, 2017; and $134,560 at December 31, 2018. The year-end price indexes were 100 at 12/31/16, 110 at 12/31/17,and 116 at 12/31/18. Compute the ending inventory for Midori Company for 2016 through 2018 using the dollar-valueLIFO method.

Short Answer

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Using the dollar-value LIFO, the value of ending inventory at the end of 2016, 2017, and 2018 amounts to $100,000, $109,900, and $118,020, respectively.

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01

Value of ending inventory for 2016 using dollar-value LIFO

As 2016 is the first year for converting dollar value LIFO and the index is also 100, the value of ending inventory would be the same as given.

The computation would be as follow –


Endinginventoryatbaseyaerprices=InventoryatcurrentcostPriceIndex=$100,0001=$100,000

A layer is a difference between the ending base year price and the opening base year price.

Ending Inventory at base year prices

Layer at base year prices

X

Price Index

=

Ending Inventory at LIFO Cost

$100,000

$100,000

X

100

=

$100,000

Value of ending inventory at the end of 2016 using dollar-value LIFO amounts to $100,000.

02

Value of ending inventory for 2017 using dollar-value LIFO

Endinginventoryatbaseyaerprices=InventoryatcurrentcostPriceIndex=$119,9001.1=$109,000

Ending Inventory at base year prices

Layer at base year prices

X

Price Index

=

Ending Inventory at LIFO Cost

2016, $100,000

X

100

=

$100,000

$109,000

2017, + $9,000

X

110

=

+ $9,900

$109,000

$109,900

Value of ending inventory at the end of 2016 using dollar-value LIFO amounts to $109,900.

03

Value of ending inventory for 2018 using dollar-value LIFO

Endinginventoryatbaseyaerprices=InventoryatcurrentcostPriceIndex=$134,5601.16=$116,000

Ending Inventory at base year prices

Layer at base year prices

X

Price Index

=

Ending Inventory at LIFO Cost

2016, $100,000

X

100

=

$100,000

$116,000

2017, + $9,000

X

110

=

+ $9,900

2018, + $7,000

X

116

=

+ $8,120

$116,000

$118,020

Value of ending inventory at the end of 2016 using dollar-value LIFO amounts to $118,020.

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In what ways are the inventory accounts of a retailing company different from those of a manufacturing company?

Explain the following terms.

(a) LIFO layer.

(b) LIFO reserve.

(c) LIFO effect.

Dimitri Company, a manufacturer of small tools, provided the following information from its accounting records for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Inventory at December 31, 2017 (based on physical count of goods in Dimitri’s plant, at cost, on December 31, 2017) \(1,520,000

Accounts payable at December 31, 2017 1,200,000

Net sales (sales less sales returns) 8,150,000

Additional information is as follows.

1. Included in the physical count were tools billed to a customer f.o.b. shipping point on December 31, 2017. These tools had a cost of \)31,000 and were billed at \(40,000. The shipment was on Dimitri’s loading dock waiting to be picked up by the common carrier.

2. Goods were in transit from a vendor to Dimitri on December 31, 2017. The invoice cost was \)76,000, and the goods were shipped f.o.b. shipping point on December 29, 2017.

3. Work in process inventory costing \(30,000 was sent to an outside processor for plating on December 30, 2017.

4. Tools returned by customers and held pending inspection in the returned goods area on December 31, 2017, were not included in the physical count. On January 8, 2018, the tools costing \)32,000 were inspected and returned to inventory. Credit memos totaling \(47,000 were issued to the customers on the same date.

5. Tools shipped to a customer f.o.b. destination on December 26, 2017, were in transit at December 31, 2017, and had a cost of \)26,000. Upon notification of receipt by the customer on January 2, 2018, Dimitri issued a sales invoice for \(42,000.

6. Goods, with an invoice cost of \)27,000, received from a vendor at 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2017, were recorded on a receiving report dated January 2, 2018. The goods were not included in the physical count, but the invoice was included in accounts payable at December 31, 2017.

7. Goods received from a vendor on December 26, 2017, were included in the physical count. However, the related \(56,000 vendor invoice was not included in accounts payable at December 31, 2017, because the accounts payable copy of the receiving report was lost.

8. On January 3, 2018, a monthly freight bill in the amount of \)8,000 was received. The bill specifically related to merchandise purchased in December 2017, one-half of which was still in the inventory at December 31, 2017. The freight charges were not included in either the inventory or in accounts payable at December 31, 2017.

Instructions

Using the format shown below, prepare a schedule of adjustments as of December 31, 2017, to the initial amounts per Dimitri’s accounting records. Show separately the effect, if any, of each of the eight transactions on the December 31, 2017, amounts. If the transactions would have no effect on the initial amount shown, enter NONE.

Accounts Net

Inventory Payable Sales

Initial amounts \(1,520,000 \)1,200,000 \(8,150,000

Adjustments—increase

(decrease)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Total adjustments

Adjusted amounts \) \( \)

What is the difference between a perpetual inventory and a physical inventory? If a company maintains a perpetual inventory, should its physical inventory at any date be equal to the amount indicated by the perpetual inventory records? Why?

Presented below is information related to Kaisson Corporation for the last 3 years.

Quantities Base-Year Cost Current-Year Cost

in Ending

Item Inventories Unit Cost Amount Unit Cost Amount

December 31, 2016

A 9,000 \(2.00 \)18,000 \(2.20 \)19,800

B 6,000 3.00 18,000 3.55 21,300

C 4,000 5.00 20,000 5.40 21,600

Totals \(56,000 \)62,700

December 31, 2017

A 9,000 \(2.00 \)18,000 \(2.60 \)23,400

B 6,800 3.00 20,400 3.75 25,500

C 6,000 5.00 30,000 6.40 38,400

Totals \(68,400 \)87,300

December 31, 2018

A 8,000 \(2.00 \)16,000 \(2.70 \)21,600

B 8,000 3.00 24,000 4.00 32,000

C 6,000 5.00 30,000 6.20 37,200

Totals \(70,000 \)90,800

Instructions

Compute the ending inventories under the dollar-value LIFO method for 2016, 2017, and 2018. The base period is January 1, 2016,and the beginning inventory cost at that date was $45,000. Compute indexes to two decimal places.

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