Suppose Luchenko Supplies paid $20,000 for inventory. By its year-end, the company had sold 60 percent of the inventory but determined that the remaining inventory could be sold for only 60 percent of its original cost. The company anticipated that this decline was permanent Required a. At what amount would inventory be reported on the year-end balance sheet? b. Suppose, one month later, a worldwide shortage of this inventory now gives it a net realizable value of $10,000. At what amount would this inventory be reported on the balance sheet one month later? Requirement a. At what amount would inventory be reported on the year-end balance sheet? Inventory must be reported on the balance sheet at the lower of the original cost or the net realizable value. In order to determine the value Luchenko Supplies will report on its year-end balance sheet, start by determining the amount of inventory remaining at cost. Original total Original cost Percentage of Amount of inventory cost of inventory -( of inventory * inventory sold ) = remaining at cost