Part 3: Traditional Retail Inventory Method The records for the Clothing Departm
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Part 3: Traditional Retail Inventory Method The records for the Clothing Department of Sharapova's Discount Store are summarized below for the month of January At Retail At Cost Inventory, January Purchases in January Freight-in Purchase returns Transfers in from suburban branch Inventory losses due to normal breakage, etc Sales revenue Sales returns Net markups Net markdowns $ 25,000 17,000 137,000 82,500 7,000 2,300 9,200 3,000 13,000 400 95,000 2,400 $ 8,000 4,000 (a) Compute the inventory for this department as of January 31, at retail prices (b) Compute the ending inventory at cost, using retail conventional methodExplanation / Answer
Solution:
Part-1) Solution: $83,000
Working:
Cost
Retail
Beginning Inventory
17,000
25,000
Purchases
82,500
137,000
Freight-in
7,000
Purchase returns
-2,300
-3,000
Transfers in from suburban branch
9,200
13,000
113,400
172,000
Net markups
8,000
180,000
Net markdowns
-4,000
Sales revenue
-95,000
Sales returns
2,400
Net sales
-92,600
Inventory losses due to breakage
-400
Ending inventory at retail
83,000
Part-2) Solution: $52,290
Working:
Cost-to-retail ratio = 113,400 / 180,000 = 63%
Ending inventory at lower-of-average-cost-or-market = $83,000 * 63% = $52,290
Cost
Retail
Beginning Inventory
17,000
25,000
Purchases
82,500
137,000
Freight-in
7,000
Purchase returns
-2,300
-3,000
Transfers in from suburban branch
9,200
13,000
113,400
172,000
Net markups
8,000
180,000
Net markdowns
-4,000
Sales revenue
-95,000
Sales returns
2,400
Net sales
-92,600
Inventory losses due to breakage
-400
Ending inventory at retail
83,000