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Problem 5-3A Perpetual: Alternative cost flows LO P1
Montoure Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered
into the following calendar-year purchases and sales
transactions
Date | Activities | Units Acquired at Cost | Units Sold at Retail | |||||||||
Jan. | 1 | Beginning inventory | 600 | units | @ $35 per unit | |||||||
Feb. | 10 | Purchase | 300 | units | @ $32 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 13 | Purchase | 150 | units | @ $20 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 15 | Sales | 725 | units | @ $80 per unit | |||||||
Aug. | 21 | Purchase | 190 | units | @ $40 per unit | |||||||
Sept. | 5 | Purchase | 540 | units | @ $37 per unit | |||||||
Sept. | 10 | Sales | 730 | units | @ $80 per unit | |||||||
Totals | 1,780 | units | 1,455 | units | ||||||||
Required:
1. Compute cost of goods available for sale and the number
of units available for sale.
2. Compute the number of units in ending
inventory.
3. Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory
using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) weighted
average, and (d) specific identification. For specific
identification, units sold consist of 600 units from beginning
inventory, 200 from the February 10 purchase, 150 from the March 13
purchase, 140 from the August 21 purchase, and 365 from the
September 5 purchase.
4. Compute gross profit earned by the company for
each of the four costing methods. (Round your average cost
per unit to 2 decimal places.)
5. The company’s manager earns a bonus based on a
percent of gross profit. Which method of inventory costing produces
the highest bonus for the manager?
Weighted Average
LIFO
FIFO
Specific Identification
rev: 02_07_2019_QC_CS-156418, 11_15_2019_QC_CS-190617
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