Home Stop sells two product categories, furniture and accessories. Information pertaining to its 2018 year-end inventory...

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Home Stop sells two product categories, furniture and accessories. Information pertaining to its 2018 year-end inventory is as follows: Inventory, by Product Category Per Unit Quantity Cost Market Furniture: Chairs 50 $25 $31 Desks 10 73 58 Tables 20 84 92 Accessories: Rugs Lamps 40 60 48 30 22 18 Required: 1. Determine the carrying value of inventory at year-end, assuming the lower of cost or market (LCM) rule is applied to (a) individual products, (b) product categories, and (c) total inventory. 2. Assuming that the company reports an inventory write-down as a line item in the income statement, for each of the LCM applications determine the amount of the loss. Home Stop sells two product categories, furniture and accessories. Information pertaining to its 2018 year-end inventory is as follows: Inventory, by Product Category Per Unit Quantity Cost Market Furniture: Chairs 50 $25 $31 Desks 10 73 58 Tables 20 84 92 Accessories: Rugs Lamps 40 60 48 30 22 18 Required: 1. Determine the carrying value of inventory at year-end, assuming the lower of cost or market (LCM) rule is applied to (a) individual products, (b) product categories, and (c) total inventory. 2. Assuming that the company reports an inventory write-down as a line item in the income statement, for each of the LCM applications determine the amount of the loss.

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