Al Aznar Company is manufacturer of furniture. At the end of 2018, they have inventory worth $ 14500 and out of that $ 4500 worth inventory is damaged. The company decided to repair the inventory and sell it for 3500. The repair cost is $ 500. 1. When do a company write down its inventory value (cost) to the Net Realizable Value? 2. Imagine that the company decided to sell the damaged inventory for $ 3200 without spending any amount for repairing, how much amount need to write off from the value of inventory at the end of the period?

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Al Aznar Company is manufacturer of furniture. At the end of 2018, they have inventory worth $ 14500 and out of that $ 4500 worth inventory is damaged. The company decided to repair the inventory and sell it for 3500. The repair cost is $ 500.
1. When do a company write down its inventory value (cost) to the Net Realizable Value?
2. Imagine that the company decided to sell the damaged inventory for $ 3200 without spending any amount for repairing, how much amount need to write off from the value of inventory at the end of the period?

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