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Chapter 8, Problem 1AP

a.

To determine

Prepare the journal entries to record cost of goods sold under (1) specific identification method, (2) average-cost method, (3) FIFO method, and (4) LIFO method, and discuss the financial reporting differences that may arise from choosing the FIFO method over the LIFO method.

a.

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Journal entry:

Journal entry is a set of economic events which can be measured in monetary terms. These are recorded chronologically and systematically.

Rules of Debit and Credit:

Following rules are followed for debiting and crediting different accounts while they occur in business transactions:

  • Debit, all increase in assets, expenses and dividends, all decrease in liabilities, revenues and stockholders’ equities.
  • Credit, all increase in liabilities, revenues, and stockholders’ equities, all decrease in assets, and expenses.

Perpetual inventory system: The method or system of maintaining, recording, and adjusting the inventory perpetually throughout the year, is referred to as perpetual inventory system.

First-in-First-Out (FIFO): In this method, items purchased initially are sold first. So, the value of the ending inventory consist the recent cost for the remaining unsold items.

Last-in-First-Out (LIFO): In this method, items purchased recently are sold first. So, the value of the ending inventory consist the initial cost for the remaining unsold items.

Average Cost method: In this method, the inventories are priced at the average rate of goods available for sales.

Prepare the journal entries to record cost of goods sold under specific identification method as follows:

DateAccount Title and ExplanationPost Ref.DebitCredit
 Cost of goods sold (1) $30,500 
 Inventory  $30,500
 (To record the cost of goods sold incurred)   

Table (1)

  • Cost of goods sold is an operating expense account and decreases the stockholders’ equity account by $30,500. Therefore, debit cost of goods account with $30,500.
  • Inventory is an asset account, and it decreases the value of assets by $30,500. Therefore, credit inventory account with $30,500.

Working note:

Calculate the value of cost of goods sold under separate identification method

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Table (2)

(1)

Prepare the journal entries to record cost of goods sold under average cost method as follows:

DateAccount Title and ExplanationPost Ref.DebitCredit
 Cost of goods sold (3) $30,800 
 Inventory  $30,800
 (To record the cost of goods sold incurred)   

Table (3)

  • Cost of goods sold is an operating expense account and decreases the stockholders’ equity account by $30,800. Therefore, debit cost of goods account with $30,800.
  • Inventory is an asset account, and it decreases the value of assets by $30,800. Therefore, credit inventory account with $30,800.

Working note:

Calculate average cost per unit

Average cost on May 10 }(Total cost of units purchased on December 12 + Total cost of units purchased on January 9)(Number of units purchased on December 12 + Number of units purchased on January 9)=$17,400+ $28,800600 units+ 900 units=$46,2001,500 units=$30.8 (2)

Calculate the value of cost of goods sold under average cost method

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Table (4)

(3)

Prepare the journal entries to record cost of goods sold under FIFO method as follows:

DateAccount Title and ExplanationPost Ref.DebitCredit
 Cost of goods sold (4) $30,200 
 Inventory  $30,200
 (To record the cost of goods sold incurred)   

Table (5)

  • Cost of goods sold is an operating expense account and decreases the stockholders’ equity account by $30,200. Therefore, debit cost of goods account with $30,200.
  • Inventory is an asset account, and it decreases the value of assets by $30,200. Therefore, credit inventory account with $30,200.

Working note:

Calculate the value of cost of goods sold under FIFO assets

Connect Online Access for Financial Accounting, Chapter 8, Problem 1AP , additional homework tip  3

Table (6)

(4)

Prepare the journal entries to record cost of goods sold under LIFO method as follows:

DateAccount Title and ExplanationPost Ref.DebitCredit
 Cost of goods sold (5) $31,700 
 Inventory  $31,700
 (To record the cost of goods sold incurred)   

Table (7)

  • Cost of goods sold is an operating expense account and decreases the stockholders’ equity account by $31,700. Therefore, debit cost of goods account with $31,700.
  • Inventory is an asset account, and it decreases the value of assets by $31,700. Therefore, credit inventory account with $31,700.

Working note:

Calculate the value of cost of goods sold under LIFO assets

Connect Online Access for Financial Accounting, Chapter 8, Problem 1AP , additional homework tip  4

Table (8)

(5)

b.

To determine

Prepare the subsidiary ledger record for Company under the four inventory method valuation.

b.

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Subsidiary ledger:

Subsidiary ledger refers to the ledger that provides the detailed information of the account already recorded in the general ledger such as accounts receivable subsidiary ledger and accounts payable subsidiary ledger.

Prepare the subsidiary ledger record for Company under the four inventory method valuation as follows:

(1) Specific identification method:

PURCHASEDSOLD BALANCE
DateUnitsUnit CostTotalUnitsUnit CostCost of Goods SoldUnitsUnit CostBalance
Dec 126002917,4006002917,400
Jan 099003228,80060029
9003246,200
Jan 155002910029
5003230,5004003215,700

Table (9)

(2) Average-cost method:

PURCHASEDSOLD BALANCE
DateUnitsCostTotalUnitsCostCost of Goods SoldUnitsCostBalance
Dec 126002917,4006002917,400
Jan 099003228,8001,5003146,200
Jan 151,0003130,8005003115,400

Table (10)

(3) First-in, first-out (FIFO) method:

PURCHASEDSOLD BALANCE
DateUnitsUnit CostTotalUnitsUnit CostCost of Goods SoldUnitsUnit CostBalance
Dec 126002917,4006002917,400
Jan 099003228,80060029
9003246,200
Jan 1560029
 4003230,2005003216,000

Table (11)

(4) Last-in, first-out (LIFO) method:

PURCHASEDSOLD BALANCE
DateUnitsUnit CostTotalUnitsUnit CostCost of Goods SoldUnitsUnit CostBalance
Dec 126002917,4006002917,400
Jan 099003228,80060029
9003246,200
Jan 1590032
1002931,7005002914,500

Table (12)

c.

To determine

Explain whether the inventory valuation method gives lowest cost of goods sold or not, and the valuation method that gives highest cost of goods sold for the tax purposes.

c.

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Explain whether the inventory valuation method gives lowest cost of goods sold or not, and the valuation method that gives highest cost of goods sold for the tax purposes as follows:

In this case, the cost of goods sold under FIFO and LIFO is $30,200, and $31,700 respectively. Hence, the LIFO method has highest cost of goods sold whereas the FIFO method has the lowest cost of goods sold.

The inventory method that would be preferable for financial statements is FIFO, because FIFO method would produce higher net income, lower cost of goods sold, and higher ending inventory (total assets). At the same time, the higher amount of net income produces the more income tax expense, so LIFO method is preferred for income tax reporting. When a company uses LIFO method it would produce lower amount of tax obligation and higher amount of cash inflow.

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