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Year Ended Inventory Cost Index December 31 Year-End Costs (Relative to Base Yea

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Question





Year Ended

Inventory

Cost Index

December 31

Year-End Costs

(Relative to Base Year)

2011

$

350,000

1.02

2012

360,000

1.06

2013

419,000

1.07

2014

438,000

1.10





Required:

Calculate inventory
amounts at the end of each year. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the
nearest dollar amount.
Omit the "$" sign in your response.)





Ending

Date

Inventory

12/31/11

$

12/31/12

$

12/31/13

$

12/31/14

$

On January 1, 2011,
Avondale Lumber adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory
value for its one inventory pool on this date was $277,000. An internally
generated cost index is used to convert ending inventory to base year.
Year-end inventories at year-end costs and cost indexes for its one inventory
pool were as follows:

Explanation / Answer

12/31/11 - Inventory at base year cost = (359,000/1.02) = 351,961 ____ Inventory amount(Dollar Value LIFO) = 262,000 + 1.02(351,961 - 262,000) = 353,760 ____ 12/31/12 - Inventory at base year cost = (369,000/1.06) = 348,113 [decreased from previous base year's cost] ____ Inventory amount(Dollar Value LIFO) = 262,000 + 1.02[(351,961 - 262,000)+(348,113 - 351,961)] = 349,835 ____ 12/31/13 - Inventory at base year cost = (407,000/1.07) = 380,374 ____ Inventory amount(Dollar Value LIFO) = 349,835 + 1.07(380,374 - 348,113) = 384,354 ____ 12/31/14 - Inventory at base year cost = (442,000/1.10) = 401,818 ____ Inventory amount(Dollar Value LIFO) = 384,354 + 1.10(401,818 - 380,374) = 407,942