Intermediate accounting

Item		Quantity		Unit Cost		Replacement Cost/Unit			Estimated Selling Price/Unit			Completion & Disposal Cost/Unit			Normal Profit Margin/Unit
A		1,700		$7.95		$8.90			$11.13			$1.59			$1.91
B		1,400		8.69		8.37			9.96			0.95			1.27
C		1,600		5.94		5.72			7.63			1.22			0.64
D		1,600		4.03		4.45			6.68			0.85			1.59
E		2,000		6.78		6.68			7.10			0.74			1.06

Greg Forda is an accounting clerk in the accounting department of Crane Co., and he cannot understand why the market value keeps changing from replacement cost to net realizable value to something that he cannot even figure out. Greg is very confused, and he is the one who records inventory purchases and calculates ending inventory. You are the manager of the department and an accountant.

Calculate the lower-of-cost-or-market using the individual-item approach.

		Lower-of-Cost-or-Market (Per unit basis)
Item A		$
Item B		$
Item C		$
Item D		$
Item E		$

Show the journal entry he will need to make in order to write down the ending inventory from cost to market. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
Cost of Goods sold Method:
The Loss method: