Montoure Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered
into the following calendar-year purchases and sales
transactions
Date | Activities | Units Acquired at Cost | Units Sold at Retail | |||||||||
Jan. | 1 | Beginning inventory | 540 | units | @ $55 per unit | |||||||
Feb. | 10 | Purchase | 460 | units | @ $53 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 13 | Purchase | 100 | units | @ $40 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 15 | Sales | 745 | units | @ $80 per unit | |||||||
Aug. | 21 | Purchase | 170 | units | @ $61 per unit | |||||||
Sept. | 5 | Purchase | 430 | units | @ $54 per unit | |||||||
Sept. | 10 | Sales | 600 | units | @ $80 per unit | |||||||
Totals | 1,700 | units | 1,345 | units | ||||||||
Required:
1. Compute cost of goods available for sale and the number
of units available for sale.
2. Compute the number of units in ending
inventory.
3. Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory
using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) weighted
average, and (d) specific identification. For specific
identification, units sold consist of 540 units from beginning
inventory, 360 from the February 10 purchase, 100 from the March 13
purchase, 120 from the August 21 purchase, and 225 from the
September 5 purchase.
4. Compute gross profit earned by the company for
each of the four costing methods. (Round your average cost
per unit to 2 decimal places.)
5. The company’s manager earns a bonus based on a
percent of gross profit. Which method of inventory costing produces
the highest bonus for the manager?
LIFO
Specific Identification
FIFO
Weighted Average
rev: 02_07_2019_QC_CS-156418, 11_15_2019_QC_CS-190617
Gross Profit = Sales - Cost of goods sold
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