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Problem 9-12 (Algo) Retail inventory method; various applications [LO9-3, 9-4, 9-5]

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Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2019. Available information follows:

1. The inventory at January 1, 2019, had a retail value of $42,000 and a cost of $32,690 based on the conventional retail method.

2. Transactions during 2019 were as follows:

 

	Cost			Retail
Gross purchases	$	236,780		$	460,000
Purchase returns		6,200			23,000
Purchase discounts		4,700
Gross sales					430,000
Sales returns					6,000
Employee discounts					5,000
Freight-in		27,000
Net markups					22,000
Net markdowns					23,000

 
Sales to employees are recorded net of discounts.

3. The retail value of the December 31, 2020, inventory was $53,045, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2020 under the LIFO retail method was 76%, and the appropriate price index was 103% of the January 1, 2020, price level.

4. The retail value of the December 31, 2021, inventory was $47,170, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2021 under the LIFO retail method was 75%, and the appropriate price index was 106% of the January 1, 2020, price level.

Problem 9-12 (Algo) Part 3

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3. Assume Raleigh Department Store adopts the dollar-value LIFO retail method on January 1, 2020. Estimating ending inventory for 2020 and 2021.