Question #6: Beginning inventory, purchases, and sales data for prepaid cell phones for May are as follows: Inventory   Purchases   Sales   May 1 1,550 units at $44 May 10 720 units at $45 May 12 1,200 units            20 1,200 units at $48        14 830 units                31 1,000 units Assume that the business maintains a perpetual inventory system, costing by the first-in, first-out method. Determine the cost of merchandise sold for each sale and the inventory balance after each sale, presenting the data in the form illustrated in Exhibit 3. Under FIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the LOWER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and in the Inventory Unit Cost column. Schedule of Cost of Merchandise SoldFIFO MethodPrepaid Cell Phones

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Beginning inventory, purchases, and sales data for prepaid cell phones for May are as follows:

Inventory   Purchases   Sales  
May 1 1,550 units at $44 May 10 720 units at $45 May 12 1,200 units
           20 1,200 units at $48        14 830 units
               31 1,000 units

Assume that the business maintains a perpetual inventory system, costing by the first-in, first-out method. Determine the cost of merchandise sold for each sale and the inventory balance after each sale, presenting the data in the form illustrated in Exhibit 3. Under FIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the LOWER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

Schedule of Cost of Merchandise SoldFIFO MethodPrepaid Cell Phones





Date



Quantity
Purchased


Purchases
Unit
Cost


Purchases
Total
Cost
Cost of
Merchandise
Sold
Quantity
Cost of
Merchandise
Sold
Unit Cost
Cost of
Merchandise
Sold
Total Cost



Inventory
Quantity


Inventory
Unit
Cost


Inventory
Total
Cost
May 1                  
May 10                  
                   
May 12                  
                   
May 14                  
                   
May 20                  
                   
May 31                  
                   
May 31 Balances                

 

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fifo is an accounting method in which inventories are valued on the first comes and first out basis. thus it is the common method used to estimate the value 

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