In: Accounting
Taylorly Corporation just began business and made the following four inventory purchases in May:
| May 1 | 114 units | $750 | ||
| May 10 | 152 units | 1020 | ||
| May 15 | 152 units | 1040 | ||
| May 28 | 114 units | 808 | ||
| $3618 |
A physical count of merchandise inventory on May 30 reveals that
there are 152 units on hand. Using the FIFO inventory method, the
amount allocated to ending inventory for May is
|
Units |
Cost per unit |
value |
|
|
1-May |
114 |
$ 6.58* |
$ 750.00 |
|
Purchases |
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|
10-May |
152 |
$ 6.71 |
$ 1,020.00 |
|
15-May |
152 |
$ 6.84 |
$ 1,040.00 |
|
18-May |
114 |
$ 7.09 |
$ 808.00 |
|
532 |
$ 3,618.00 |
*$750/114 and similarly for all purchases.
Valuation of Ending Inventory
|
FIFO |
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|
Total Units Available for sale |
532 |
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|
Units Sold |
380 |
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|
Closing Stock in Units |
152 |
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Valuation |
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|
Closing stock |
114 |
@ |
$ 7.09 |
$ 808 |
|
38 |
@ |
$ 6.84 |
$ 260 |
|
|
Value Of Ending Inventory for may ($808+$260) |
$ 1,068 |
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Answer = $1,068