Retail Inventory Method
Turner Corporation uses the retail inventory method. The following information for the current year is available:
Cost
Retail
Cost Retail
Inventory, January 1
$ 29,000
$45,000 Additional markups
$ 50,000
Purchases (gross price)
140,000
190,000 Markup cancellations
10,000
Purchases discounts taken
3,000
Markdowns
15,000
Purchases returns
5,000
8,000 Markdown cancellations
3,000
Freight-in
20,000
Net Sales
190,000
Employee discounts
3,000
Required:
Compute the cost of the ending inventory using the conventional retail inventory method (round the cost-to-retail ratio to 3 decimal places).
TURNER CORPORATION
Calculation of Ending Inventory using the Conventional Retail Inventory Method
Cost
Retail
4
Ending inventory at retail
Ending inventory at LCM