In: Accounting
At the end of the year, Randy’s Parts Co. had the following
items in inventory:
Item | Quantity | Unit Cost | Unit Market Value |
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P1 | 60 | $ | 85 | $ | 90 | ||||||
P2 | 40 | 70 | 72 | ||||||||
P3 | 80 | 130 | 120 | ||||||||
P4 | 70 | 125 | 130 | ||||||||
Required
a. Determine the amount of ending inventory using
the lower-of-cost-or-market rule applied to each individual
inventory item.
b. Provide the adjustment necessary to write down
the inventory based on Requirement a. Assume that Randy’s
Parts Co. uses the perpetual inventory system.
c. Determine the amount of ending inventory,
assuming that the lower-of-cost-or-market rule is applied to the
total inventory in aggregate.
d. Provide the adjustment necessary to write down
the inventory based on Requirement c. Assume that Randy’s
Parts Co. uses the perpetual inventory system.
a.
Per unit | Total | Ending inventory (lower of cost or market value) | ||||
Item | Units | Cost | Market | Cost (Units*Cost) | Market(Units*Market) | |
P1 | 60 | $85 | $90 | $5,100 | $5,400 | $5,100 |
P2 | 40 | $70 | $72 | $2,800 | $2,880 | $2,800 |
P3 | 80 | $130 | $120 | $10,400 | $9,600 | $9,600 |
P4 | 70 | $125 | $130 | $8,750 | $9,100 | $8,750 |
Total | $27,050 | $26,980 | $26,250 |
b.
Event | General Journal | Debit | Credit |
1 | Cost of goods sold ($27050- $26250) | 800 | |
Inventory | 800 |
c.
Per unit | Total | Ending inventory (lower of cost or market value) | ||||
Item | Units | Cost | Market | Cost (Units*Cost) | Market(Units*Market) | |
P1 | 60 | $85 | $90 | $5,100 | $5,400 | |
P2 | 40 | $70 | $72 | $2,800 | $2,880 | |
P3 | 80 | $130 | $120 | $10,400 | $9,600 | |
P4 | 70 | $125 | $130 | $8,750 | $9,100 | |
Total | $27,050 | $26,980 | $26,980 |
d.
Event | General Journal | Debit | Credit |
1 | Cost of goods sold ($27050 - $26980) | 70 | |
Inventory | 70 |