On January 1, 2021, Sanderson Variety Store adopted the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. Accounting records provided the following information:     Cost   Retail   Beginning inventory $ 41,000   $ 82,000   Net purchases   162,240     340,000   Net markups         8,000   Net markdowns         10,000   Net sales         317,000   Retail price index, end of year         1.04     Estimate ending inventory using the dollar-value LIFO retail method.

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On January 1, 2021, Sanderson Variety Store adopted the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. Accounting records provided the following information:
 

  Cost   Retail  
Beginning inventory $ 41,000   $ 82,000  
Net purchases   162,240     340,000  
Net markups         8,000  
Net markdowns         10,000  
Net sales         317,000  
Retail price index, end of year         1.04  
 


Estimate ending inventory using the dollar-value LIFO retail method. (Round ratio calculation to 2 decimal places (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34%.))
  

 

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