(Dollar Value LIFO Retail) You assemble the following information for Dillon Department Store, which computes its inventory under the dollar value LIFO method.
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Cost |
Retail |
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Inventory on January 1, 2012 |
$222,000 |
$300,000 |
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Purchases |
364,800 |
480,000 |
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Increase in price level for year |
|
9% |
Instructions
Compute the cost of the inventory on December 31, 2012, assuming that the inventory at retail is (a) $294,300 and (b) $359,700.