In: Accounting
During 2021, a company sells 500 units of inventory for $88
each. The company has the following inventory purchase transactions
for 2021:
| Date | Transaction | Number of Units  | 
Unit Cost  | 
Total Cost | |||||||||
| Jan. | 1 | Beginning inventory | 73 | $ | 78 | $ | 5,694 | ||||||
| May | 5 | Purchase | 262 | 79 | 20,698 | ||||||||
| Nov. | 3 | Purchase | 184 | 81 | 14,904 | ||||||||
| 519 | $ | 41,296 | |||||||||||
Calculate cost of goods sold and ending inventory for 2021 assuming
the company uses the weighted-average cost method.
Cost of goods sold:?
ending inventory:?
| Calculation of Unit Cost | |
| Unit cost (Weighted average )= Total Purchase / Total Units available | |
| =41296/519 | |
| 79.6 | |
| Cost of Goods sold = No. of units sold * Unit cost | |
| =500 * 79.6 | |
| 39,784 | |
| Ending Inventory = Cost of goods available for sale - Cost of goods sold | |
| =41296 - 39784 | |
| 1,512 | |