Financial and Managerial Accounting
Financial and Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259726705
Author: John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 2PSA
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Inventory: Inventory refers to the stock or goods which will be sold in the near future and thus is an asset for the company. It comprises of the raw materials which are yet to be processed, the stock which is still going through the process of production and it also includes completed products that are ready for sale. Thus inventory is the biggest and the important source of income and profit for the business.

Periodic inventory system: In periodic inventory system the changes in the stock items are reported periodically unlike recording as and when purchases or sales take place.

Cost of goods available for sale: It basically includes the cost of inventory which is ready for sale within an accounting period. It mainly includes the cost of beginning inventory as well as the stock purchased in that year and the production within that period (if any).

Cost of goods Sold: Cost of goods sold is the total expenses or the cost incurred by the business during the process of manufacturing of goods and is directly related to the production. It generally includes the cost of raw material, labor and other manufacturing support costs.

Gross Profit: The profit made after subtracting or debiting the costs related to the goods sold from the total revenue earned or made through sales in a fiscal year is the gross profit.

Specific identification method: Under this method, there is a continuous tracking of the inventory and the inventory cost at the time of purchase on the basis of unique identity which thus helps in the valuation of the ending inventory as well as the cost of goods sold. This method is used generally when the company is involved in limited expensive goods which are easily identifiable.

Weighted average cost method: In this method the weighted average cost is evaluated after any purchases have been made and transactions are recorded as when purchase or sales take place.

First in first out: In case of First in, first out method, also known as FIFO method, the inventory which was bought first will also be the first one to be taken out.

Last in first out: In case of Last in, first out, also known as LIFO method, the inventory which was bought in the last will be taken out first.

To compute: 1. Cost of goods available for sale and number of units available for sale.
2. Number of units in ending inventory.
3. Cost of ending inventory under the following methods:

    (a) FIFO
    (b) LIFO
    (c) Weighted average
    (d) Specific identification

4. Gross profit for each of the four methods in part 3.

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Given info,
Units available for sale are 820 units.
Units of goods sold are 580 units.

(1)

Cost of goods available for sale

Formula to calculate Cost of goods available for sale is,
Costofgoodsavailableforsale=BeginninginventoryPurchases

Cost and units of goods available for sale:

Conclusion
Particulars Number of units Cost per unit ($) Amount ($) ( ( Numberofunits )×( Costperunit ) )
Beginning Inventory ( A ) 100 50 5,000
Purchases:
March 5 400 55 22,000
March 18 120 60 7,200
March 25 200 62 12,400
Total Purchases ( B ) 720 41,600
Available for sale ( A+B ) 820 46,600

The cost of goods available for sale is $46,600 and the number of units available for sale is 820 units.

(2)

Number of units in ending inventory

Particulars Number of units
Number of units available for sale (given) 820
Less: units sold (given) 580
Number of units in ending inventory 240

The number of units in ending inventory is 240 units.

(3)

(a)

First in First out method (FIFO)

Cost of ending inventory

Particulars Amount ($)
Most recent cost; March 25:
200 units @ $62 per unit 12,400
Next most recent cost; March 18:
40 units @ $60 per unit 2,400
Total cost of the ending inventory 14,800

Cost of goods sold

Formula to calculate cost of goods sold is,
Costofgoodssold=CostofgoodsavailableforsaleCostofendinginventory

Substitute $46,600 for cost of goods available for sale (calculated above in (1) part) and $14,800 for cost of ending inventory (as calculated above in the table) in the above formula.
Costofgoodssold=$46,600$14,800 =$31,800

The cost of ending inventory is 14,800 and the cost of goods sold is $31,800.

(b)

Last in First out method (LIFO)

Cost of ending inventory

Particulars Amount ($)
Earliest cost; March 1:
100 units @ $50 per unit 5,000
Next earliest cost; March 5:
140 units @ $55 per unit 7,700
Total cost of the ending inventory 12,700

Cost of goods sold

Formula to calculate cost of goods sold is,
Costofgoodssold=CostofgoodsavailableforsaleCostofendinginventory

Substitute $46,600 for cost of goods available for sale (calculated in (1) part) and $12,700 for cost of ending inventory (as calculated above in the table) in the above formula.
Costofgoodssold=$46,600$12,700 =$33,900

The cost of ending inventory is $12,700 and the cost of goods sold is $33,900.

(c)

Weighted Average method

Cost of ending inventory

Formula to calculate cost of ending inventory is,
Costofendinginventory=( Unitsinendinginventory ×weightedaveragecostperunit )

Substitute 240 units for units in ending inventory (calculated in the (2) part) and $2.57 for weighted average cost per unit (working notes).in the above formula.
Costofendinginventory=240×$56.83 =$13,639.2

Cost of goods sold

Formula to calculate cost of goods sold is,
Costofgoodssold=CostofgoodsavailableforsaleCostofendinginventory

Substitute $46,600 for cost of goods available for sale (calculated in the (1) part) and $13,639.2 for cost of ending inventory (as calculated above) in the above formula.
Costofgoodssold=$46,600$13,639.2 =$32,960

Working Notes:

Calculation of weighted average cost per unit:
Weightedaverage costperunit= Costofgoodsavailableforsale Numberofunitsavailable Weightedaveragecostperunit= $46,600 820 =$56.83perunit

The cost of ending inventory is $13,639 and the cost of goods sold is $32,960.

(d)

Specific identification method

Given info,
The ending inventory has,
20 units are from March 1,
60 units are from March 5,
80 units are from March 18 and
80 units are from March 25.

Cost of Ending Inventory

Date of Purchase Number of units (A) Cost per unit ($) (B) Amount ($) ( ( A )×( B ) )
March 1 20 50 1,000
March 5 60 55 3,300
March 18 80 60 4,800
March 25 80 62 4,960
Cost of ending inventory 14,060

Cost of goods sold

Formula to calculate cost of goods sold is,
Costofgoodssold=CostofgoodsavailableforsaleCostofendinginventory

Substitute $46,600 for cost of goods available for sale (calculated in part (1)) and $14,060 for cost of ending inventory (calculated above in the table) in the above formula.
Costofgoodssold=$46,600$14,060 =$32,540

The cost of ending inventory is $14,060 and the cost of goods sold is $32,450.

(4)

Sales are $50,900 (working notes).
Cost of goods sold in case of FIFO is $31,800. (Calculated in part (3(a))
Cost of goods sold in case LIFO is $33,400. (Calculated in part (3(b))
Cost of goods sold in case of weighted average is $32,960 and (Calculated in part (3(c))
Cost of goods sold in case of specific identification is 32,540. (Calculated in part (3(d))

Gross Profit

Formula to calculate gross profit is,
GrossProfit=SalesCostofgoodssold

Particulars FIFO LIFO Weighted average Specific identification
Sales(working notes) $50,900 $50,900 $50,900 $50,900
Less: Cost of goods sold $31,800 $33,900 $32,960 $32,540
Gross profit $19,100 $17,000 $17,939 $18,360

Working notes:

Calculation of sales
SalesasonMarch9=Numberofunitssold×costperunit =420×$85 =$35,700

SalesasonMarch29=Numberofunitssold×costperunit =160×$95 =$15,200

Sales=SalesasonMarch9+SalesasonMarch29 =$35,700+$15,200 =$50,900

The gross profit in case of FIFO method is $19,100, of LIFO method is $17,000, of weighted average is $17,939 and of specific identification it is $18,360.

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Financial and Managerial Accounting

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