Question

The beginning inventory of merchandise at Dunne Co. and data on purchases and sales for a three-month period ending June 30 are as follows:

Date		Transaction	Number of Units		Per Unit		Total
Apr. 3		Inventory	60		$300		$18,000
8		Purchase	120		360		43,200
11		Sale	80		1,000		80,000
30		Sale	50		1,000		50,000
May 8		Purchase	100		400		40,000
10		Sale	60		1,000		60,000
19		Sale	30		1,000		30,000
28		Purchase	100		440		44,000
June 5		Sale	60		1,050		63,000
16		Sale	80		1,050		84,000
21		Purchase	180		480		86,400
28		Sale	90		1,050		94,500

Required:

1. Record the inventory, purchases, and cost of merchandise sold data in a perpetual inventory record similar to the one illustrated in Exhibit 4, using the last-in, first-out method. Under LIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the HIGHER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and LOWER unit cost first in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

Dunne Co. Schedule of Cost of Merchandise Sold LIFO Method For the three-months ended June 30
	Purchases			Cost of Merchandise Sold			Inventory
Date	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost
Apr. 3								$	$
Apr. 8		$	$
Apr. 11					$	$
Apr. 30
May 8
May 10
May 19
May 28
June 5
June 16
June 21
June 28
June 30	Balances					$			$

2. Determine the total sales, the total cost of merchandise sold, and the gross profit from sales for the period.

Total sales	$
Total cost of merchandise sold
Gross profit	$

3. Determine the ending inventory cost on June 30.
$

Answer 1

Solution:

Dunne Co.

Schedule of Cost of Merchandise Sold

Lifo Method

For the three months ended June 30

	Purchases			Cost of Merchandise Sold			Inventory
Date	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost
April 3							60	$300	$18,000
April 8	120	$360	$43,200				60	$300	$18,000
							120	$360	$43,200
April 11				80	$360	$28,800	60	$300	$18,000
							40	$360	$14,400
April 30				40	$360	$14,400
				10	$300	$3,000	50	$300	$15,000
May 8	100	$400	$40,000				50	$300	$15,000
							100	$400	$40,000
May 10				60	$400	$24,000	50	$300	$15,000
							40	$400	$16,000
May 19				30	$400	$12,000	50	$300	$15,000
							10	$400	$4,000
May 28	100	$440	$44,000				50	$300	$15,000
							10	$400	$4,000
							100	$440	$44,000
June 5				60	$440	$26,400	50	$300	$15,000
							10	$400	$4,000
							40	$440	$17,600
June 16				40	$440	$17,600
				10	$400	$4,000
				30	$300	$9,000	20	$300	$6000
June 21	180	$480	$86,400				20	$300	$6,000
							180	$480	$86,400
June 28				90	$480	$43,200	20	$300	$6,000
							90	$480	$43,200
June 30	Balance					$182,400			$49,200

2.)

Total sales	$461,500
Total cost of merchandise sold	$(182,400)
Gross profit	$279,100

* Total sales

Date	Number of units	sale price of per unit	Total
April 11	80	$1,000	$80,000
April 30	50	$1,000	$50,000
May 10	60	$1,000	$60,000
May 19	30	$1,000	$30,000
June 5	60	$1,050	$63,000
June 16	80	$1050	$84,000
June 28	90	$1,050	$94,500
	Total		$461,500

3.) Ending inventory Cost on June 30:

$49,200 =[(20 × $300)+(90 × $480)]

$49,200 =$6,000+$43,200

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