In: Accounting
FIFO and LIFO Costs Under Perpetual Inventory System
The following units of a particular item were available for sale during the year:
Beginning inventory | 49 units @ $42 |
Sale | 39 units @ $67 |
First purchase | 33 units @ $45 |
Sale | 30 units @ $69 |
Second purchase | 20 units @ $47 |
Sale | 17 units @ $70 |
The firm uses the perpetual inventory system, and there are 16 units of the item on hand at the end of the year.
a. What is the total cost of the ending
inventory according to FIFO?
$
b. What is the total cost of the ending
inventory according to LIFO?
$