On January 1, 2024, HGC Camera Store adopted the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. Inventory transactions at both cost and retail, and cost indexes for 2024 and 2025 are as follows: Beginning inventory Net purchases Freight-in Net markups Net markdowns Net sales to customers Sales to employees (net of 20% discount) Price Index: January 1, 2024 December 31, 2024 December 31, 2025 Estimated ending inventory at retail Estimated ending inventory at cost Estimated cost of goods sold 2024 2024 Cost $ 51,800 101, 150 3,700 Retail $ 74,000 125,000 2025 18,500 3,700 125, 250 3,000 2025 Cost $ 107,532 4,200 Required: Estimate the 2024 and 2025 ending inventory and cost of goods sold using the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. Note: Do not round other intermediate calculations. Round your cost-to-retail percentage calculation to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar. Retail $ 131,700 11,400 3,900 118,800 6,720 1.00 1.06 1.10

Before discussing the topic inventory valuation let’s discuss the meaning of inventory. In accounting, inventory is also known as stock. Inventory means all the finished goods, materials, merchandise that a business holds for the purpose of selling it in…