Thai Department Store uses the retail inventory method to estimate its monthly ending inventories. The following information

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Thai Department Store uses the retail inventory method to estimate its monthly ending inventories. The following information is available for two of its departments at August 31, 2014.

Thai Department Store uses the retail inventory method to estima

At December 31, Thai Department Store takes a physical inventory at retail. The actual retail values of the inventories in each department are Sporting Goods $85,000, and Jewelry and Cosmetics $54,000.

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(a) Determine the estimated cost of the ending inventory for each department on August 31, 2014, using the retail inventory method.
(b) Compute the ending inventory at cost for each department at December 31, assuming the cost-to-retail ratios are 60% for Sporting Goods and 64% for Jewelry andCosmetics.

Ending Inventory
The ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula                Ending Inventory Formula =...
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Financial and managerial accounting

ISBN: 978-1118016114

1st edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

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