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7. FIFO Method: Perpetual Inventory System
Assume the following data with regard to inventory for Vegan Company:
| Aug. 1 | Inventory | 40 | units @ $10 per unit | $ 400 | ||
| 8 | Purchase | 50 | units @ $11 per unit | 550 | ||
| 22 | Purchase | 35 | units @ $12 per unit | 420 | ||
| Goods available for sale | 125 | units | $1,370 | |||
| Aug. 15 | Sale | 45 | units | |||
| 28 | Sale | 25 | units | |||
| Inventory, Aug. 31 | 55 | units | ||||
Calculate the cost of ending inventory and cost of goods sold according to the FIFO method under the perpetual inventory system.
| FIFO Method | |
| Cost of ending inventory: | $ | 
| Cost of goods sold: | $ | 
| FIFO Method | ||||||||||||||
| Cost of ending inventory: | $ 640 | |||||||||||||
| Cost of goods sold: | $ 730 | |||||||||||||
| Working: | ||||||||||||||
| Under Perpetual inventory method, inventory records are updated as and when transaction takes place. | ||||||||||||||
| FIFO stands for First-in-First-Out.It means inventory which is bought first is sold first. | ||||||||||||||
| Date | Increase | Decrease | Ending Balance | |||||||||||
| Unit | Unit rate | Cost | Unit | Unit rate | Cost | Unit | Unit rate | Cost | ||||||
| Aug. 1 | 40 | $ 10 | $ 400 | 40 | $ 10 | $ 400 | ||||||||
| Aug. 8 | 50 | $ 11 | $ 550 | 40 | $ 10 | $ 400 | ||||||||
| 50 | $ 11 | $ 550 | ||||||||||||
| 90 | $ 950 | |||||||||||||
| Aug. 15 | 40 | $ 10 | $ 400 | |||||||||||
| 5 | $ 11 | $ 55 | 45 | $ 11 | $ 495 | |||||||||
| Aug. 22 | 35 | $ 12 | $ 420 | 45 | $ 11 | $ 495 | ||||||||
| 35 | $ 12 | $ 420 | ||||||||||||
| 80 | $ 915 | |||||||||||||
| Aug. 28 | 25 | $ 11 | $ 275 | 20 | $ 11 | $ 220 | ||||||||
| 35 | $ 12 | $ 420 | ||||||||||||
| 125 | $ 1,370 | 70 | $ 730 | 55 | $ 640 | |||||||||