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 |
Answer = $1,068