Fuque Inc. uses the retail inventory method to estimate ending inventory for its monthly financial statements. The

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Fuque Inc. uses the retail inventory method to estimate ending inventory for its monthly financial statements. The following data pertain to a single department for the month of October 2013.

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  (a) Using the conventional retail method, prepare a schedule computing estimated lower-of-cost or-market inventory for October 31, 2013.
  (b) A department store using the conventional retail inventory method estimates the cost of its ending inventory as $60,000. An accurate physical count reveals only $47,000 of inventory at lower-of cost-or- market. List the factors that may have caused the difference between the computed inventory and the physical count.

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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0470587287

14th Edition

Authors: kieso, weygandt and warfield.

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