Intermediate Accounting, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (2nd Edition)

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ISBN: 9780134833118

Author: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Jana S. Raedy, Alexander J. Sannella

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 10, Problem 10.5P

Dollar-Value LIFO. No Liquidation. Nat's Toy Stores Limited adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method using 2017 as the base year The cumulative price index for 2018 through 2021 was 1.01, 1.03, 1.04 and 1.06. respectively Ending inventory according to Nat’s Toy Stores’ trial balance, using FIFO, is presented in the following table.

Year	Ending Inventory per the Trial Balance
2017	$860,000
2018	1,100,000
2019	1,313,000
2020	1,420,000
2021	1,510,000

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a. Compute Nat's ending inventory under the dollar-value LIFO method for the years 2017 through 2021.
b. Prepare the journal entries for 2018 through 2021 to adjust inventory to the dollar-value LIFO basis.
c. Determine the ending balance of the LIFO reserve for 2018 through 2021.

Definition Definition Capital reserves held by banks or financial institutions over and above the reserves that are required to be maintained by the regulator toward its liabilities and for internal controls. For commercial banks, excess reserve is the amount over the standard reserve as decided by the central bank. These excess reserve funds are available in the form of cash and cash equivalents.

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