Question

The records at the end of January of the current year for Young Company showed the following for a particular kind of merchandise: Beginning Inventory at FIFO: 14 Units @ $16 = $224 Beginning Inventory at LIFO: 14 Units @ $12 = $168 Transactions Units Unit Cost Total Cost Purchase, January 9 28 $ 14 $ 392 Purchase, January 20 54 19 1,026 Sale, January 21 (at $42 per unit) 37 Sale, January 27 (at $43 per unit) 27

Compute the inventory turnover ratio for the month of January under the FIFO and LIFO inventory costing methods. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

Answer 1

Answer:

FIFO:

Beginning inventory = 14 units @ $16.00 per unit
Beginning inventory = $224

Purchases = 28 units @ $14.00 per unit + 54 units @ $19.00 per unit
Purchases = $392 + $1,026
Purchases = $1,418

Cost of goods available for sale = Beginning inventory + Purchases
Cost of goods available for sale = $224 + $1,418
Cost of goods available for sale = $1,642

Number of units sold = 37 + 27
Number of units sold = 64

Cost of goods sold = 14 * $16.00 + 28 * $14.00 + 22 * $19.00
Cost of goods sold = $1,034

Ending inventory = Cost of goods available for sale - Cost of goods sold
Ending inventory = $1,642 - $1,034
Ending inventory = $608

Average inventory = (Ending inventory + Beginning inventory) / 2
Average inventory = ($608 + $224) / 2
Average inventory = $416

Inventory turnover = Cost of goods sold / Average inventory
Inventory turnover = $1,034 / $416
Inventory turnover = 2.49 times

LIFO:

Beginning inventory = 14 units @ $12.00 per unit
Beginning inventory = $168

Purchases = 28 units @ $14.00 per unit + 54 units @ $19.00 per unit
Purchases = $392 + $1,026
Purchases = $1,418

Cost of goods available for sale = Beginning inventory + Purchases
Cost of goods available for sale = $168 + $1,418
Cost of goods available for sale = $1,586

Number of units sold = 37 + 27
Number of units sold = 64

Cost of goods sold = 54 * $19.00 + 10 * $14.00
Cost of goods sold = $1,166

Ending inventory = Cost of goods available for sale - Cost of goods sold
Ending inventory = $1,586 - $1,166
Ending inventory = $420

Average inventory = (Ending inventory + Beginning inventory) / 2
Average inventory = ($420 + $168) / 2
Average inventory = $294

Inventory turnover = Cost of goods sold / Average inventory
Inventory turnover = $1,166 / $294
Inventory turnover = 3.97 times