b. Prepare the December 31 year-end journal entry for Year 5, Year 6, and Year 7, to convert inventory from FIFO to LIFO.
b. Prepare the December 31 year-end journal entry for Year 5, Year 6, and Year 7, to convert inventory from FIFO to LIFO.
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Transcribed Image Text:Converting FIFO Inventory to Dollar-Value LIFO and Preparing Year-End Adjustments to the LIFO Reserve
Stetson Industries has been using FIFO for all internal and external reporting purposes. At the start of Year 5, the company adopted dollar-value LIFO for external financial statement and income
tax purposes. Its derived internal price indices are: Year 4 is 1.00; Year 5 is 1.10; Year 6 is 1.15; and Year 7 is 1.20. The FIFO inventory records show the following for its single inventory pool.
Year
Year 4 Ending Inventory
Year 5 Ending Inventory
Year 6 Ending Inventory
Year 7 Ending Inventory
Required
FIFO Basis
$600,000
699,600
855,600
864,000
a. Convert the ending FIFO inventory to a LIFO basis for Year 5, Year 6, and Year 7, assuming the dollar-value LIFO method and using the internal price indices.
Ending Inventory Price Ending Inventory
Date (End of year prices) Index (Base year prices)
Year 4 $
600,000
600,000 $
Year 5
636,000✔
1.00 $
699,600 1,10
Inventory Price
Layers Index
600,000 ✓ 1.00 S
600,000 ✓ 1.00
36,000 1.10
✓
Year 6
✓
855,600✔ 1.15
744,000 ✓
600,000 ✓ 1.00
36,000 ✓ 1.10
108,000✔ 1.15
5
Ending Inventory
(Dollar Value LIFO)
600,000 ✓
600,000
39,600 ✓
639,600
600,000 ✓
39,600✔
124,200 ✓

Transcribed Image Text:Year 6
Year 7
855,600 ✓ 1.15
864,000 ✓ 1.20
Date
Dec. 31, Year 5 Cost of Goods Sold
744,000 ✓
720,000 ✓
Dec. 31, Year 6 Cost of Goods Sold
600,000 ✓
36,000 ✓
108,000✔
Account Name
600,000 ✓ 1.00
36,000✔
1.10
84,000✔ 1.15
0✔ 1.20
Allowance to Reduce FIFO Inventory to LIFO Basis
To adjust LIFO Reserve
b. Prepare the December 31 year-end journal entry for Year 5, Year 6, and Year 7, to convert inventory from FIFO to LIFO.
Allowance to Reduce FIFO Inventory to LIFO Basis
To adjust LIFO Reserve
Dec. 31, Year 7 Allowance to Reduce FIFO Inventory to LIFO Basis
Cost of Goods Sold
To adjust LIFO Reserve
1.00
1.10
1.15
V
V
$
$
Dr.
3,600
0
108,000
0
600,000 ✓
39,600✔
124,200 ✓
763,800
600,000 ✓
39,600✔
96,600
24,000
0
0 ✓
736,200
Cr.
0x
3,600 x
0x
108.000 *
0x
24,000 x
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