Dollar sales for 2012 are expected to drop by approximately 8%, as a recession in Lewis’s market is forecasted to continue at least through the first three quarters of the year. Total sales are forecasted to be 2,700 cartons. Lewis will be unable to raise its selling price from the 2011 level of $35.75. However, costs are expected to increase to $24 per carton for the whole year. Due to these cost price pressures, the corporation wishes to lower its investment in inventory by holding only the essential inventory of 400 cartons at any time during the year. What is the effect of remaining on FIFO, assuming Lewis had adopted FIFO in 2009? What is the effect of remaining on LIFO, assuming Lewis adopted LIFO in 2009? What method would you recommend now?
Dollar sales for 2012 are expected to drop by approximately 8%, as a recession in Lewis’s market is
![Lewis Corporation had traditionally used the FIFO method of inventory valuation. You are given
the information shown in Exhibit 1 on transactions during the year affecting Lewis's inventory
account. (The purchases are in sequence during the year. The company uses a periodic inventory
method.)
EXHIBIT 1: Inventory Transactions 2009-2011
2009
Beginning balance
1,840
cartons @
$20.00
Purchases
600 cartons @
20.25
cartons
@
21.00
800
400 cartons @
21.25
cartons @
21.50
200
2,820 cartons @
Sales
34.00
Beginning balance
1,020
cartons
Purchases
700 cartons @ 21.50
700 cartons @ 21.50
cartons @ 22.00
700
1,000 cartons @
22.25
Sales
3,080 cartons @
35.75
1,040 cartons
Beginning balance
Purchases
1,000 cartons @
22.50
700 cartons (a)
22.75
700 cartons a
23.00
700 cartons
(a)
23.50
Sales
2,950 cartons
(a)
35.75
2010
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