
Concept explainers
1. (a)
Dollar-Value-LIFO: This method shows all the inventory figures at dollar price rather than units. Under this inventory method, the units that are purchased last, are sold first. Thus, it starts from the selling of the units recently purchased and ending with the beginning inventory.
Retail inventory method: It takes into account all the retail amounts that is, the current selling prices. Under this method, the goods available for sale, at retail is deducted from the sales, at retail to determine the ending inventory, at retail.
To Explain: the advantages of using the dollar-value LIFO method as opposed to the traditional LIFO method.
b.
To Explain: the difference in the application of the dollar-value LIFO method and the application of the traditional LIFO method.
2. a.
To Explain: the treatment of the net mark ups and net markdowns in the calculation of the cost-to-retail percentage used to determine the estimated cost of its ending retail inventories.
b.
To explain: the reason for the retail inventory method of Company H approximates lower of average cost or market.

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