Question

LIFO Perpetual Inventory

The beginning inventory at Midnight Supplies and data on purchases and sales for a three-month period ending March 31 are as follows:

Date		Transaction	Number of Units		Per Unit		Total
Jan. 1		Inventory	7,500		$75.00		$562,500
10		Purchase	22,500		85.00		1,912,500
28		Sale	11,250		150.00		1,687,500
30		Sale	3,750		150.00		562,500
Feb. 5		Sale	1,500		150.00		225,000
10		Purchase	54,000		87.50		4,725,000
16		Sale	27,000		160.00		4,320,000
28		Sale	25,500		160.00		4,080,000
Mar. 5		Purchase	45,000		89.50		4,027,500
14		Sale	30,000		160.00		4,800,000
25		Purchase	7,500		90.00		675,000
30		Sale	26,250		160.00		4,200,000

Required:

1. Record the inventory, purchases, and cost of goods sold data in a perpetual inventory record similar to the one illustrated in Exhibit 4, using the last-in, first-out method. Under LIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the HIGHER unit cost first in the Cost of Goods Sold Unit Cost column and LOWER unit cost first in the Inventory Unit Cost column. Round unit cost to two decimal places, if necessary.

Midnight Supplies Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold LIFO Method For the Three Months Ended March 31
	Purchases			Cost of Goods Sold			Inventory
Date	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost
Jan. 1								$	$
Jan. 10		$	$
Jan. 28					$	$
Jan. 30
Feb. 5
Feb. 10
Feb. 16
Feb. 28
Mar. 5
Mar. 14
Mar. 25
Mar. 30
Mar. 31	Balances					$			$

2. Determine the total sales, the total cost of goods sold, and the gross profit from sales for the period.

Total sales	$
Total cost of goods sold	$
Gross profit	$

3. Determine the ending inventory cost as of March 31.
$

Answer 1

• All working forms part of the answer
• Answer is provided as asked
• Amounts are in $
• LIFO method with perpetual method is used. This means that units sold will be first sold from the latest purchases made, followed by previous purchases.
• Requirement 1

Midnight Supplies
Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold
LIFO Method
For the Three Months Ended March 31
	Purchases			Cost of Goods Sold			Inventory
Date	Quantity	Unit Cost $	Total Cost $	Quantity	Unit Cost $	Total Cost $	Quantity	Unit Cost $	Total Cost $
Jan. 1	7500	75	562500				7500	75	562500
Jan. 10	22500	85	1912500				7500	75	562500
							22500	85	1912500
Jan. 28				11250	85	956250	7500	75	562500
							11250	85	956250
Jan. 30				3750	85	318750	7500	75	562500
							7500	85	637500
Feb. 5				1500	85	127500	7500	75	562500
							6000	85	510000
Feb. 10	54000	87.5	4725000				7500	75	562500
							6000	85	510000
							54000	87.5	4725000
Feb. 16				27000	87.5	2362500	7500	75	562500
							6000	85	510000
							27000	87.5	2362500
Feb. 28				25500	87.5	2231250	7500	75	562500
							6000	85	510000
							1500	87.5	131250
Mar. 5	45000	89.5	4027500				7500	75	562500
							6000	85	510000
							1500	87.5	131250
							45000	89.5	4027500
Mar. 14				30000	89.5	2685000	7500	75	562500
							6000	85	510000
							1500	87.5	131250
							15000	89.5	1342500
Mar. 25	7500	90	675000				7500	75	562500
							6000	85	510000
							1500	87.5	131250
							15000	89.5	1342500
							7500	90	675000
Mar. 30				7500	90	675000	7500	75	562500
				15000	89.5	1342500	3750	85	318750
				1500	87.5	131250
				2250	85	191250
Mar. 31 - BALANCES	136500		$ 11,902,500	125250		$11,021,250	11250		881,250

• Requirement 2

Working for total sales

Date	Transaction	Number	Per Unit $	Total $
		of Units
Jan-28	Sale	11250	150	1687500
Jan 30	Sale	3750	150	562500
Feb. 5	Sale	1500	150	225000
Feb-16	Sale	27000	160	4320000
Feb28	Sale	25500	160	4080000
Mar 14	Sale	30000	160	4800000
Mar-30	Sale	26250	160	4200000
TOTAL		125250		$19,875,000

Total Sales (A)	$19875000
Total cost of Goods Sold (B) – calculated in Req 1	$11021250
Gross Profit (A-B)	$8,853,750

• Requirement 3: Cost of Ending Inventory

Opening + Purchases – Sold = Closing
7500 + 129000 – 125250 = 11250 units

Value Calculated in Req 1

Units	Rate per unit	Value of Inventory
7500	$75	$562500
3750	$85	$318750
TOTAL 11250 units		$881,250