Empress Company used the retail inventory method to approximate the ending inventory. The following information is available for the current year; Cost Retail 650,000 9,000,000 200,000 300,000 150,000 200,000 Beginning inventory Purchases 1,200,000 14,700,000 Freight in Purchase returns Purchase allowances Departmental transfer in Net markup Net markdown Sales Sales discounts 500,000 300,000 300,000 1,000,000 9,500,000 100,000 500,000 600,000 400,000 Employee discounts Estimated normal shoplifting losses Estimated normal shrinkage

Both the gross profit method and the retail inventory method provide a way to estimate ending inventory. What is the main difference between the two estimation techniques?

What is the ending inventory value?

What factors might impact on the management’s selection of an inventory cost flow assumption? In your answer you need to provide explanation on what factors could impact on a manager to choose FIFO, LIFO or the average cost method. In your answer you may want to refer to issues such as the impact of various cost flow assumptions on the income statement or the statement of financial position. List four factors in your answer