Raleigh department store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended december 31, 2019. available information follows:
the inventory at january 1, 2019, had a retail value of $50,000 and a cost of $36,200 based on the conventional retail method.
transactions during 2019 were as follows:
cost retail
gross purchases $333,900 $540,000
purchase returns 6,400 15,000
purchase discounts 5,500
gross sales 500,000
sales returns 8,000
employee discounts 5,500
freight-in 29,000
net markups 30,000
net markdowns 15,000
sales to employees are recorded net of discounts.
the retail value of the december 31, 2020, inventory was $104,325, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2020 under the lifo retail method was 70%, and the appropriate price index was 107% of the january 1, 2020, price level.
the retail value of the december 31, 2021, inventory was $53,350, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2021 under the lifo retail method was 69%, and the appropriate price index was 110% of the january 1, 2020, price level.
required:
assume raleigh department store adopts the dollar-value lifo retail method on january 1, 2020. estimating ending inventory for 2020 and 2021.