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During July 2014, Micanopy, sold 500 units of its productsEmpire for $8,000. The following units were available.

                                                               Units     Cost

BeginningInventory                      200         $2

Purchase1                                         80          $4

Purchase2                                         120         $6

Purchase3                                         300         $9

Purchase4                                         180         $12

A sale of 500 units was made after purchase 3. Of the unitssold, 200 came from beginning inventory and 300 came from purchase3.

Determine the costs of goods available for sale and endinginventory in units. Then determine the costs that should beassigned to cost of goods sold and ending inventory under ach ofthe following assumptions. (For each alternative, show the grossmargin. Round unit costs to cents and totals to dollars.)

Costs are assigned under the periodic inventory system using a.)the specific identification method, b) the average-cost method, c.)FIFO method and d.) LIFO method

Costs are assigned under the perpetual inventory system usinga.) the average-cost method, b.) the FIFO method, and c) the LIFOmethod

E7A. Periodic and PerpetualSystems and Inventory Costing Methods

 

Cost of goods available forsale and ending inventory in units

 

 

Units

Cost

Total

Beginninginventory

200

$ 2

$ 400

Purchase 1

80

4

320

Purchase 2

120

6

720

Purchase 3

300

9

2,700

Purchase 4

180

12

  2,160

Cost of goods available forsale

880

 

$6,300

Sale in units

500

 

 

Ending inventory inunits

380

 

 

 

1.

Periodic inventorysystem

 

a.

Specific identificationmethod:

 

Sales

 

$8,000

Cost of goods available forsale

 

 

Less endinginventory*

 

 

Cost of goodssold

 

 

Gross margin

 

$4,900

 

*

Purchase 1

80

units

?

 

=

 

 

Purchase 2

120

units

?

 

=

 

Purchase 4

180

units

?

 

=

 

Total endinginventory

 

 

b.

Average-costmethod:

 

Sales

 

$8,000

Cost of goods available forsale

 

 

Less endinginventory*

 

 

Cost of goodssold

 

 

Gross margin

 

$4,421

 

*

Average cost

=

$6,300

/

880

units

=

 

 

380

units

?

 

=

 

**

Rounded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                 

 

E7A. Periodic and PerpetualSystems and Inventory Costing Methods (Continued)

 

 

c.

FIFO method:

 

Sales

 

$8,000

Cost of goods available forsale

 

 

Less endinginventory*

 

 

Cost of goodssold

 

 

Gross margin

 

$5,660

 

*

Purchase 4

180

units

?

 

=

 

 

Purchase 3

200

units

?

 

=

 

Total endinginventory

 

 

d.

LIFO method:

 

Sales

 

$8,000

Cost of goods available forsale

 

 

Less endinginventory*

 

 

Cost of goodssold

 

 

Gross margin

 

$3,020

 

*

BeginningInventory

200

units

?

 

=

 

 

Purchase 1

80

units

?

 

=

 

Purchase 2

100

units

?

 

=

 

Total endinginventory

 

 

2.

Perpetual inventorysystem

 

a.

Average-costmethod:

 

Sales

 

Cost of goodssold

 

Gross margin

$5,045

 

 

Units

Cost

Amount

Beginninginventory

200

 

 

Purchase 1

80

 

 

Balance

280

*

 

Purchase 2

120

 

 

Balance

400

*

 

Purchase 3

300

 

 

Balance

700

*

 

Sale

(500)

 

 

 

*Rounded – Average to becalculated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                               

 

E7A. Periodic and PerpetualSystems and Inventory Costing Methods (Concluded)

 

 

b.

FIFO method:

 

Sales

 

Cost of goodssold*

 

Gross margin

$5,660

 

*

Sale 1

From beginninginventory

 

units

?

 

 

 

 

From purchase 1

 

units

?

 

 

 

From purchase 2

 

units

?

 

 

 

From purchase 3

 

units

?

 

 

Cost of goodssold

500

units

 

 

$2,340

 

Endinginventory

=

 

?

 

=

 

 

c.

LIFO method:

 

Sales

 

Cost of goodssold*

 

Gross margin

$4,260

 

*

Sale 1

From purchase 3

 

units

?

 

 

 

 

From purchase 2

 

units

?

 

 

 

From purchase 1

 

units

?

 

 

Cost of goodssold

500

units

 

 

$3,740

 

Endinginventory

=

 

?

 

=

 

                             

 

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