Brief Exercise 88 Splish Company had ending inventory at end
Brief Exercise 8-8
Splish Company had ending inventory at end-of-year prices of $139,000 at December 31, 2016; $167,692 at December 31, 2017; and $182,782 at December 31, 2018. The year-end price indexes were 100 at 12/31/16, 113 at 12/31/17, and 118 at 12/31/18.
Compute the ending inventory for Splish Company for 2016 through 2018 using the dollar-value LIFO method.
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||
| Ending Inventory | $
| $
| $
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Solution
Calculate ending inventory using dollar value LIFO method :
| Year | Base year price | Ending inventory value under dollar value LIFO method | |
| 2016 | 139000/1=139000 | 139000*1=139000 | 139000 |
| 2017 | 167692/1.13=148400 | 139000*1+9400*1.13 | 149622 |
| 2018 | 182782/1.18=154900 | 139000*1+9400*1.13+6500*1.18 | 157292 |
