Sandhill Company has used the dollar-value LIFO method since January 1, 2017. Sandhill uses internal price indexes and multiple pools. At the end of calendar year 2018, the following data are available for Sandhill’s inventory pool A. Inventory At Base-Year Cost At Current-Year Cost January 1, 2017 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 December 31, 2017 1,290,000 1,419,000 December 31, 2018 1,340,000 1,527,600 Computing an internal price index and using the dollar-value LIFO method, at what amount should the inventory in Pool A be reported at December 31, 2018?

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Answer:

1,376,000  and 1.027

Explanation:

According to the scenario, computation of the given data are as follows:-

Price Index = Current Year Cost ÷ Base Year Cost

Year  Current Year Inventory Cost Divided Base Year Inventory Cost Price Index

January 1,2017 $1,000,000 ÷ $1,000,000 1

December 31,2017 $1,419,000 ÷ $1,290,000 1.1

December 31,2018 $1,527,600 ÷ $1,340,000 1.14

   

Ending Inventory At LIFO Cost = Layer at Base Price Year Inventory × Price Index

Dollar Value LIFO

Year  Layer At Base Price Year Inventory($) Multiple    Price Index Ending Inventory at LIFO Cost($)

2017    

January 1,2017 1,000,000 ×  1 1,000,000

December 31,2017 290,000  × 1.1          319,000

Total                1,290,000   1,319,000

2018    

January 1,2017 1,000,000 × 1 1,000,000

December 31,2017 290,000        × 1.1 319,000

December 31,2018 50,000        ×  1.14 57,000

                       1,340,000   1,376,000

Dollar Value LIFO Inventory                 =  $1,376,000

Internal Price Index = Ending Inventory at LIFO Cost ÷ Layer at Base Year Price

= 1,376,000 ÷ 1,340,000

= 1.027

We simply used the above formulas