Employee sales are recorded in a separate account


Can someone show me how to do this. I am having issues and being able to see the working helps me understand it better.Problem 9-5 Retail inventory method; conventional and LIFO [LO9-3, 9-4]Alquist Company uses the retail method to estimate its ending inventory. Selected information about its year 2013 operations is as follows:

a. January 1, 2013, beginning inventory had a cost of $100,000 and a retail value of $150,000.
b. Purchases during 2013 cost $1,387,500 with an original retail value of $2,000,000.
c. Freight costs were $10,000 for incoming merchandise.
d. Net additional markups were $300,000 and net markdowns were $150,000.
e. Based on prior experience, shrinkage due to shoplifting was estimated to be $15,000 of retail value.

Merchandise is sold to employees at a 20% of selling price discount. Employee sales are recorded in a separate account at the net selling price. The balance in this account at the end of 2013 is $250,000.
g. Sales to customers totaled $1,750,000 for the year.

Required:

1.Estimate ending inventory and cost of goods sold using the conventional retail method.

  • Ending Inventory at Retail
  • Ending Inventory at Cost
  • Estimated cost of goods sold

2.Estimate ending inventory and cost of goods sold using the LIFO retail method.

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