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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 | |||||||||