Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134486444
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem P6.29APGA
Accounting for inventory using the perpetual inventory system—FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average, and comparing FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average
Learning Objective 2, 3 5. FIFO GP $5,235
Steel Mill began August with 50 units of iron inventory that cost 535 each. During August, the company completed the following inventory transactions:
| Units | Unit Cost | unit Sales Price | ||
| Aug.3 | Sale | 45 | $85 | |
| 8 | Purchase | 90 | $54 | |
| 21 | Sale | 85 | 88 | |
| 30 | purchase | 15 | 58 |
Requirements
1. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the merchandise inventory using the FIFO inventory costing method.
2. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the merchandise inventory using the LIFO inventory costing method.
3. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the merchandise inventory using the weighted-average inventory costing method.
4. Determine the company’s cost of goods sold for August using FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average inventory costing methods.
5. Compute gross profit for August using FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average inventory costing method 6. If the business wanted to maximize gross profit, which method would it select?
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Purchased on 2/17
Sold on 2/23
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1. The following data relate to the records of Poweli Corp. for the
month of September:
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inventory for each situation below:
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b)
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Chapter 6 Solutions
Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
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