Answer:
Forester Company
1. The carrying value of inventory at December 31, 2021, assuming the LCM rule is applied to individual products, is:
= $47,800
2. The carrying value of inventory at December 31, 2021, assuming the LCM rule is applied to the entire inventory, is:
= $49,800
3. Assuming inventory write-downs are common for Forester, the necessary year-end adjusting entry based on requirement 2 is:
Debit Cost of goods sold (Inventory write-down) $5,200
Credit Inventory $5,200
To write down the inventory value from $55,000 (purchase costs) to $49,800 (replacement costs).
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Product Quantity Unit Cost Unit Replace- Unit Selling LCM Value
ment Cost Price
A 1,000 $ 14 $ 16 $ 20 $14,000 ($14*1,000)
B 800 19 15 22 12,000 ($12*800)
C 700 7 6 12 4,200 ($6*700)
D 600 11 8 10 4,800 ($8*600)
E 800 18 16 17 12,800 ($16*800)
Total 3,900 $47,800
Total costs = (1,000*$14 + 800*$19 + 700*$7 + 600*$11 + 800*$18)
= ($14,000 + 15,200 + 4,900 + 6,600 + 14,400)
= $55,000
Tota replacement costs = (1,000*$16 + 800*$15 + 700*$6 + 600*$8 + 800*$16)
= ($16,000 + 12,000 + 4,200 + 4,800 + 12,800)
= $49,800
Total market value = (1,000*$20 + 800*$22 + 700*$12 + 600*$10 + 800*$17)
= ($20,000 + 17,600 + 8,400 + 6,000 + 13,600)
= $65,600
Total cost = $55,000
Total replacement cost = $49,800
Inventory write-down = $5,200
