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 $ 49,000   $ 70,000   Net purchases   189,040     280,000   Net markups         8,000   Net markdowns         10,000   Net sales         265,000   Retail price index, end of year         1.02       During 2022, purchases at cost and retail were $210,990 and $324,600, respectively. Net markups, net markdowns, and net sales for the year were $5,000, $6,000, and $290,000, respectively. The retail price index at the end of 2022 was 1.06. Estimate ending inventory in 2022 using the dollar-value LIFO retail method. (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar. Round ratio calculation to the nearest whole percent.)

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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 $ 49,000   $ 70,000  
Net purchases   189,040     280,000  
Net markups         8,000  
Net markdowns         10,000  
Net sales         265,000  
Retail price index, end of year         1.02  
 


 
During 2022, purchases at cost and retail were $210,990 and $324,600, respectively. Net markups, net markdowns, and net sales for the year were $5,000, $6,000, and $290,000, respectively. The retail price index at the end of 2022 was 1.06.

Estimate ending inventory in 2022 using the dollar-value LIFO retail method. (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar. Round ratio calculation to the nearest whole percent.)
  

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