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Please work the 2017 estimated ending invedntory for cost, retail, & cost of goo

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Please work the 2017 estimated ending invedntory for cost, retail, & cost of goods sold.

On January 1, 2016, HGC Camera Store adopted the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. Inventory transactions at both cost and retail, and cost indexes for 2016 and 2017 are as follows: 2016 2017 CostRetail $27,300 42,000 Cost Retail Beginning inventory Net purchases Freight-in Net markups Net markdowns Net sales to customers Sales to employees (net of 20% discount) Price Index 80,080 109,000 $87,362 $ 115,100 2,100 10,500 2,100 100,530 2,600 8,200 2,300 104,220 4,160 500 2,600 January 1, 2016 December 31, 2016 December 31, 2017 1.00 1.08 1.12 Required: Estimate the 2016 and 2017 ending inventory and cost of goods sold using the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. (Round your cost-to-retail percentage calculations to 2 decimal places.) 2016 2017 Estimated ending inventory at retail Estimated ending inventory at cost Estimated cost of goods sold

Explanation / Answer

Employee discounts must be deducted in the retail column.

2016:

          $2,600

                     = $3,250 – 2,600 = $650 = Employee discounts

          .80

      Cost

    Retail

Beginning inventory

$27,300

$ 42,000

Plus: Net purchases

80,080

109,000

          Freight-in

2,100

          Net markups

10,500

Less: Net markdowns

______

(2,100)

Goods available for sale (excluding beginning inventory)

82,180

117,400

Goods available for sale (including beginning inventory)

109,480

159,400

$ 82,180

Cost-to-retail percentage:                      = 70%

$117,400

Less: Net sales ($100,530 + 2,600)

            Employee discounts

(103,130)

       (650)

Estimated ending inventory at current year retail prices

$ 55,620

Estimated ending inventory at cost (below)

(34,482)

Estimated cost of goods sold

$74,998

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                              Step 1                             Step 2                     Step 3

   Ending               Ending                         Inventory               Inventory

Inventory           Inventory                         Layers                    Layers

at Year-end      at Base Year                  at Base Year          Converted to

Retail Prices     Retail Prices                 Retail Prices                   Cost

                          $55,620

   $55,620                         = $51,500        $42,000 (base)        x   1.00 x 65%    =         $27,300

   (above)              1.08                                 9,500 (2016)       x   1.08 x 70%    =            7,182

               Total ending inventory at dollar-value LIFO retail cost ............                  $34,482

2017:

          $4,160

                     = $5,200 – 4,160 = $1,040 = Employee discounts

          .80

      Cost

    Retail

Beginning inventory

$34,482

$ 55,620

Plus: Net purchases

87,362

115,100

          Freight-in

2,600

          Net markups

8,200

Less: Net markdowns

______

(2,300)

Goods available for sale (excluding beginning inventory)

89,962

121,000

Goods available for sale (including beginning inventory)

124,444

176,620

$ 89,962

Cost-to-retail percentage:                      = 74.35%

$121,000

Less: Net sales ($104,220 + 4,160)

            Employee discounts

(108,380)

    (1,040)

Estimated ending inventory at current year retail prices

$ 67,200

Estimated ending inventory at cost (below)

(41,560)

Estimated cost of goods sold

$82,884

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                              Step 1                             Step 2                     Step 3

   Ending               Ending                         Inventory               Inventory

Inventory           Inventory                         Layers                    Layers

at Year-end      at Base Year                  at Base Year          Converted to

Retail Prices     Retail Prices                 Retail Prices                   Cost

                          $67,200

   $67,200                         = $60,000        $42,000 (base)        x   1.00 x 65%      =       $27,300

   (above)              1.12                                 9,500 (2016)       x   1.08 x 70%      =           7,182

                                                                     8,500 (2017)       x   1.12 x 74.35% =         7,078

               Total ending inventory at dollar-value LIFO retail cost ............                  $41,560

      Cost

    Retail

Beginning inventory

$27,300

$ 42,000

Plus: Net purchases

80,080

109,000

          Freight-in

2,100

          Net markups

10,500

Less: Net markdowns

______

(2,100)

Goods available for sale (excluding beginning inventory)

82,180

117,400

Goods available for sale (including beginning inventory)

109,480

159,400

$ 82,180

Cost-to-retail percentage:                      = 70%

$117,400

Less: Net sales ($100,530 + 2,600)

            Employee discounts

(103,130)

       (650)

Estimated ending inventory at current year retail prices

$ 55,620

Estimated ending inventory at cost (below)

(34,482)

Estimated cost of goods sold

$74,998

___________________________________________________________________________

                              Step 1                             Step 2                     Step 3

   Ending               Ending                         Inventory               Inventory

Inventory           Inventory                         Layers                    Layers

at Year-end      at Base Year                  at Base Year          Converted to

Retail Prices     Retail Prices                 Retail Prices                   Cost

                          $55,620

   $55,620                         = $51,500        $42,000 (base)        x   1.00 x 65%    =         $27,300

   (above)              1.08                                 9,500 (2016)       x   1.08 x 70%    =            7,182

               Total ending inventory at dollar-value LIFO retail cost ............                  $34,482