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