Question: Stellar Inc. uses the retail inventory method to estimate ending inventory for its monthly financial statements. The following data pertain to a single department for
Stellar 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 August 2018.
| Inventory, August 1, 2018 | ||
| At cost | $90,700 | |
| At retail | 137,400 | |
| Purchases (exclusive of freight and returns) | ||
| At cost | 207,702 | |
| At retail | 263,400 | |
| Freight-in | 22,200 | |
| Purchase returns | ||
| At cost | 9,500 | |
| At retail | 13,000 | |
| Markups | 8,900 | |
| Markup cancellations | 2,900 | |
| Markdowns (net) | 16,600 | |
| Normal spoilage and breakage | 5,600 | |
| Sales | 310,000 |
(a) Using the conventional retail method, compute estimated lower-of-cost-or-market inventory for August 31, 2018. (Round ratios for computational purposes to 0 decimal places, e.g 78% and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 28,987.)
| Ending inventory at lower-of-cost-or-market | $_____________ |
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