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Johnson Corporation began the year with inventory of 13,000
units of its only product. The units...
Johnson Corporation began the year with inventory of 13,000
units of its only product. The units cost $9 each. The company uses
a perpetual inventory system and the FIFO cost method. The
following transactions occurred during the year:
- Purchased 65,000 additional units at a cost of $12 per unit.
Terms of the purchases were 3/10, n/30, and 100% of the purchases
were paid for within the 10-day discount period. The company uses
the gross method to record purchase discounts. The merchandise was
purchased f.o.b. shipping point and freight charges of $0.50 per
unit were paid by Johnson.
- 1,300 units purchased during the year were returned to
suppliers for credit. Johnson was also given credit for the freight
charges of $0.50 per unit it had paid on the original purchase. The
units were defective and were returned two days after they were
received.
- Sales for the year totaled 60,000 units at $19 per unit.
- On December 28, Johnson purchased 5,300 additional units at $12
each. The goods were shipped f.o.b. destination and arrived at
Johnson’s warehouse on January 4 of the following year.
- 16,700 units were on hand at the end of the year.
Required:
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Determine ending inventory and cost of goods sold at the end of
the year.
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Assuming that operating expenses other than those indicated in
the above transactions amounted to $156,000, determine income
before income taxes for the year.
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For financial reporting purposes, the company uses LIFO (amounts
based on a periodic inventory system). Record the year-end
adjusting entry for the LIFO reserve, assuming the balance in the
LIFO reserve at the beginning of the year is $15,600.
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Determine the amount the company would report as income before
taxes for the year under LIFO. Operating expenses other than those
indicated in the above transactions amounted to $156,000.