In: Accounting
Montoure Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered
into the following calendar-year purchases and sales
transactions
Date | Activities | Units Acquired at Cost | Units Sold at Retail | |||||||||
Jan. | 1 | Beginning inventory | 600 | units | @ $60 per unit | |||||||
Feb. | 10 | Purchase | 480 | units | @ $57 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 13 | Purchase | 120 | units | @ $42 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 15 | Sales | 785 | units | @ $80 per unit | |||||||
Aug. | 21 | Purchase | 180 | units | @ $65 per unit | |||||||
Sept. | 5 | Purchase | 470 | units | @ $63 per unit | |||||||
Sept. | 10 | Sales | 650 | units | @ $80 per unit | |||||||
Totals | 1,850 | units | 1,435 | units | ||||||||
Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) weighted average, and (d) specific identification. For specific identification, units sold consist of 600 units from beginning inventory, 380 from the February 10 purchase, 120 from the March 13 purchase, 130 from the August 21 purchase, and 205 from the September 5 purchase. (Round your average cost per unit to 2 decimal places.)
Compute gross profit earned by the company for each of the four costing methods