Smith-Kline Company maintains inventory records at selling prices as well as at cost. For 2024, the records indicate the following data: Beginning inventory Purchases Freight-in on purchases Purchase returns Net markups Net markdowns Net sales ($ in thousands) Cost $ 71 662 21 2 Retail $116 997 3 5 9 907 Required: 1. Use the retail method to approximate cost of ending inventory valued under average cost method. Note: Enter your answer in thousands including 2 decimal places, i.e. 12,550 would be 12.55.

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…