In 2010, Van Hover Inc. adopted the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. The January 1, 2010, price
Question:
In 2010, Van Hover Inc. adopted the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. The January 1, 2010, price index was 1.00. The following data are available for the 4-year period ending December 31, 2013.
______________________________________________________Cost...............Retail
2010:
Inventory, January 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $148,050..........$235,000
Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 393,700..........635,000
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................590,000
Year-end price index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................1.12
2011:
Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $363,000..........$550,000
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............579, 170
Year-end price index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................1.08
2012:
Purchases . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $377,000.........$650,000
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................641,955
Year-end price index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................1.09
_____________________________________________________________Cost...........Retail
2013:
Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $504,000.........$800,000
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................762,500
Year-end price index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................1.12
Instructions:
Calculate the inventories to be reported at the end of 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. Incremental layers are costed at end-of-year prices.
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