Question - Green Apple Stores, Inc., which uses the conventional retail inventory method, wishes to change to the LIFO retail method beginning with the accounting year ending December 31, 2014.
Amounts as shown below appear on the store's books before adjustment:
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At Cost
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At Retail
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Inventory, January 1, 2014
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$34,000
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$51,000
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Purchases in 2014
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$180,600
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$310,000
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Markups
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$15,000
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Markdowns in 2014
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$23,400
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Sales in 2014
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$296,000
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You are to assume that all markups and markdowns apply to 2014 purchases, and that it is appropriate to treat the entire inventory as a single department.
Compute the inventory at December 31, 2014, under the following method.
a) The conventional retail method
b) The Last-in, First-out retail method, effecting the change in method as of January 1, 2014. Assume that the cost-to-retail percentage for 2013 was recomputed in accordance with procedures necessary to change the LIFO. This ratio was 54%.