In: Accounting
Nittany Company uses a periodic inventory system. At the end of the annual accounting period, December 31 of the current year, the accounting records provided the following information for product 1:
Units | Unit Cost | |||||
Inventory, December 31, prior year | 2,000 | $ | 5 | |||
For the current year: | ||||||
Purchase, March 21 | 5,000 | 6 | ||||
Purchase, August 1 | 3,000 | 8 | ||||
Inventory, December 31, current year | 4,000 | |||||
Required:
Compute ending inventory and cost of goods sold for the current year under FIFO, LIFO, and average cost inventory costing methods.