Garcia Home Improvement Company installs replacement siding, windows, and louvered glass doors

P9-2 (Lower-of-Cost-or-Market) 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, 2010, and Jim Alcide, controller for Garcia, has gathered the following data concerning inventory.

At May 31, 2010, the balance in Garcia’s Raw Material Inventory account was $408,000, and the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market had a credit balance of $27,500. Alcide summarized the relevant inventory cost and market data at May 31, 2010, 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, 2010, 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 cost principle.

Cost replacement sales net realizable normal
Cost price value profit
Aluminum siding $70,000 $62,500 $64,000 $56,000 $5,100
Cedar shake siding 86,000 79,400 94,000 84,800 7,400
Louvered glass doors 112,000 124,000 186,400 168,300 18,500
Thermal windows 140,000 126,000 154,800 140,000 15,400
Total 408,000 391,900 499,200 449,100 46,400

Instructions:
(a) (1) Determine the proper balance in the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market at May 31, 2010.
(2) For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, determine the amount of the gain or loss that would be recorded due to the change in the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market.
(b) Explain the rationale for the use of the lower-of-cost-or-market rule as it applies to inventories.
(CMA adapted)

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T. Allen Home Improvement Company installs replacement siding, windows, and louvered glass doors for single family homes

P9-2 (Lower-of-Cost-or-Market) T. Allen 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, 2007, and Tim Taylor, controller for T. Allen, has gathered the following data concerning inventory. At May 31, 2007, the balance in T. Allen’s Raw Material Inventory account was $408,000, and the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market had a credit balance of $29,500. Taylor summarized the relevant inventory cost and market data at May 31, 2007, in the schedule below. Taylor assigned Patricia Richardson, an intern from a local college, the task of calculating the amount that should appear on T. Allen’s May 31, 2007, financial statements for inventory under the lower-of-cost or-market rule as applied to each item in inventory. Richardson expressed concern over departing from the cost principle.

Replacement Sales Net Realizable Normal
Cost Cost Price Value Profit
Aluminum siding $ 70,000 $ 62,500 $ 64,000 $ 56,000 $ 5,100
Cedar shake siding 86,000 79,400 94,000 84,800 7,400
Louvered glass doors 112,000 124,000 186,400 168,300 18,500
Thermal windows 140,000 122,000 154,800 140,000 15,400
Total $408,000 $387,900 $499,200 $449,100 $46,400

Instructions
(a) (1) Determine the proper balance in the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market at May 31, 2007.
(2) For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2007, determine the amount of the gain or loss that would be recorded due to the change in the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market.
(b) Explain the rationale for the use of the lower-of-cost-or-market rule as it applies to inventories


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U.S. Pump is a multidivisional firm that manufactures and installs chemical piping and pump systems

P 5–15: U.S. Pump Systems

U.S. Pump is a multidivisional firm that manufactures and installs chemical piping and pump systems. The valve division makes a single standardized valve. The valve division and the installation division are currently involved in a transfer pricing dispute. Last year, half of the valve division’s output was sold to the installation division for $40 and the remaining half was sold to outsiders for $60. The existing transfer price has been set at $40 per pump through a process of negotiation between the two divisions, with the involvement of senior management. The installation division has received a bid from an outside valve manufacturer to supply it with an equivalent valve for $35 each.

The manager of the valve division has argued that if it is forced to meet the external price of $35, it will lose money on selling internally. The operating data for last year for the valve division are as follows:

Analyze the situation and recommend a course of action. What should installation division managers do? What should valve division managers do? What should U.S. Pump’s senior

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