In: Accounting
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 | 180 | units | @ $52.60 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 5 | Purchase | 265 | units | @ $57.60 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 9 | Sales | 340 | units | @ $87.60 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 18 | Purchase | 125 | units | @ $62.60 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 25 | Purchase | 230 | units | @ $64.60 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 29 | Sales | 210 | units | @ $97.60 per unit | |||||||
Totals | 800 | units | 550 | units | ||||||||
Required:
1. Compute cost of goods available for sale and
the number of units available for sale.
2. Compute the number of units in ending inventory.
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 105 units from beginning inventory and 235 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale consisted of 85 units from the March 18 purchase and 125 units from the March 25 purchase.
4. Compute gross profit earned by the company
for each of the four costing methods. For specific identification,
the March 9 sale consisted of 105 units from beginning inventory
and 235 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale
consisted of 85 units from the March 18 purchase and 125 units from
the March 25 purchase. (Round weighted average cost per
unit to two decimals and final answers to nearest whole
dollar.)