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Kieso, Intermediate Accounting, 15e MY INSTRUCT CALCULATOR Garcia Home Improveme

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Kieso, Intermediate Accounting, 15e MY INSTRUCT CALCULATOR Garcia Home Improvement Company installs replacement siding, windows, and louvered glass doors for single-family homes and condominium complexes in northern New Jersey and southern New York. The company is in the process of preparing its annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, and Jim Alcide, controller for Garcia, has gathered the following data concerning inventory. At May 31, 2014, the balance in Garcia's Raw Materials Inventory account was $527,544, and Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market had a credit balance of $26,560. Alcide summarized the relevant inventory cost and market data at May 31, 2014, in the schedule below. Alcide assigned Patricia Devereaux, an intern from a local college, the task of calculating the amount that should appear on Garcia's May 31, 2014, financial statements for inventory under the lower-of-cost-or-market rule as applied to each item in inventory. Devereaux expressed concern over departing from the historical cost principle. cemen 6,594 Aluminum siding 90,510 80,813 82,752 72,408 Cedar shake siding 111,198 102,664 121,542 109,646 9,568 Louvered glass doors 144,816 241,015 217,612 23,921 160,332 Thermal windows 181,020 162,918 19,912 200,156 181,020 $645,465 Total $527,544 $506,727 $580,686 $59,995 (a1) Determine the proper balance in Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market at May 31, 2014 Balance in the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market (a2) For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, determine the amount of the gain or loss that would be recorded due to the change in Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market. The amount of the loss

Explanation / Answer

Answer:a1

Answer:a2

Partisulars Cost Replacement cost NRV (ceiling) NRV less normal profit (Floor) LCM Aluminum siding 90510 80813 72408 65814 72408 Cedar shake siding 111198 102664 109646 100078 102664 Louvered glass doors 144816 160332 217612 193691 144816 Thermal windows 181020 162918 181020 161108 162918 Totals 527544 506727 580686 520691 482806