Question

Bond Company adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method on January 1, 2021. In applying the LIFO method, Bond uses internal cost indexes and the multiple-pools approach. The following data were available for Inventory Pool No. 3 for the two years following the adoption of LIFO: Ending Inventory Year At Year-End At Base Year Cost Cost Index 1/1/2021 $ 309,500 $ 309,500 1.00 12/31/2021 341,850 322,500 1.06 12/31/2022 445,160 359,000 1.24 Under the dollar-value LIFO method, the inventory at December 31, 2022, should be

Answer 1

Solution:

Ending inventory at Dec 31, 2022 using dollar value LIFO = $309,500 + ($322,500 - $309,500) * 1.06 + ($359,000 - $322,500) * 1.24

= $309,500 + $13,780 + $45,260

= $368,540