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Maxell Company uses the FIFO method to assign costs to inventory and cost of goods sold. The company uses a periodic inventory system. Consider the following information:
| Date | Description | # of units | Cost per unit | ||
| January 1 | Beginning inventory | 280 | $ | 6 | |
| June 2 | Purchase | 75 | $ | 5 | |
| November 5 | Sales | 305 | |||
What amounts would be reported as the cost of goods sold and ending inventory balances for the year?
| Ans. | Available for sale | |||||
| Date | Units | Rate | Total | |||
| 1-Jan | 280 | $6.00 | $1,680 | |||
| 2-Jun | 75 | $5.00 | $375 | |||
| Cost of goods available for sale | 355 | $2,055 | ||||
| Units sold = 305 units | ||||||
| *In FIFO method the units that have purchased first, are released the first one and the ending inventory | ||||||
| units remain from the last purchases. | ||||||
| Periodic FIFO: | ||||||
| Date | Units | Rate | Total | |||
| 1-Jan | 280 | $6.00 | $1,680 | |||
| 2-Jun | 25 | $5.00 | $125 | |||
| Cost of goods sold | 305 | $1,805 | ||||
| Ending inventory = Total cost of goods available for sale - Cost of goods sold | ||||||
| $2,055 - $1,805 | ||||||
| $250 | ||||||