In: Accounting
Ferris Company began 2018 with 6,000 units of its principal
product. The cost of each unit is $7. Merchandise transactions for
the month of January 2018 are as follows:
Purchases | |||||||||
Date of Purchase | Units | Unit Cost* | Total Cost | ||||||
Jan. 10 | 5,000 | $ | 8 | $ | 40,000 | ||||
Jan. 18 | 6,000 | 9 | 54,000 | ||||||
Totals | 11,000 | 94,000 | |||||||
*Includes purchase price and cost of freight.
Sales | ||
Date of Sale | Units | |
Jan. 5 | 3,000 | |
Jan. 12 | 2,000 | |
Jan. 20 | 4,000 | |
Total | 9,000 | |
8,000 units were on hand at the end of the month.
Required:
Calculate January's ending inventory and cost of goods sold for the
month using each of the following alternatives:
1. FIFO, periodic system.
2. LIFO, periodic system.
3. LIFO, perpetual system.
4. Average cost, periodic system.
5. Average cost, perpetual system.