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Warnerwoods Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into the following purchases and sales transactions for March.

Date

Activities

Units Acquired at Cost

Units Sold at Retail

Mar.

1

Beginning inventory

140

units

@ $51.80 per unit

Mar.

5

Purchase

245

units

@ $56.80 per unit

Mar.

9

Sales

300

units

@ $86.80 per unit

Mar.

18

Purchase

105

units

@ $61.80 per unit

Mar.

25

Purchase

190

units

@ $63.80 per unit

Mar.

29

Sales

170

units

@ $96.80 per unit

Totals

680

units

470

units

3. Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) weighted average, and (d) specific identification. For specific identification, the March 9 sale consisted of 85 units from beginning inventory and 215 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale consisted of 65 units from the March 18 purchase and 105 units from the March 25 purchase.

Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory using FIFO.

	Perpetual FIFO: Goods Purchased Cost of Goods Sold Inventory Balance Date # of units Cost per unit # of units sold Cost per unit Cost of Goods Sold # of units Cost per unit Inventory Balance March 1 140 @ $51.80 = $7,252.00 March 5 March 9 March 18 March 25 March 29 Totals

Answer 1

FIFO: Under the FIFO method, it is assumed that the goods purchased first are the goods sold first. So the ending inventory would represent the goods purchased later in point of time.
LIFO: Under the LIFO method, it is assumed that the goods purchased last are the goods sold first. So the ending inventory would represent the goods which are purchased first in point of time.
Weighted average: Under the weighted average cost method, weighted average cost per unit is found for units available for sale and the weighted average cost arrived is used to calculate ending inventory and cost of goods sold.