In: Accounting
March 1 purchase 100 units $50 each
March 5 purchase 400 units $55 each
March 9 sales 420 $85 each
March 18 purchase 120 units $60
March 25 purchase 200 units $62
March 29 sales 160 units $95
1. The CEO has asked you to help her decide
whether to use LIFO or FIFO for inventory costing. Compute the
gross profit earned by the company for both LIFO and FIFO.
2. The CEO’s bonus is calculated using net income
before income taxes. If the CEO wishes to maximize her bonus, which
of the following methods would you recommend?
3. Alternatively, the CEO desires the method that
minimizes income taxes paid by the company in the current year. If
income taxes are based on a percentage of net income, which method
would you recommend to the CEO?
Perpetual
Part 1)
Part 2)
Gross profit will be maximum in FIFO leading to maximum net income before taxes as such FIFO method would be recommended to maximise the bonus of the CEO.
Part 3)
Gross profit will be mimimum in LIFO leading to minimum net income before taxes and less income tax payable such LIFO method would be recommended to mimimise income tax payable.
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