Question

On May 10, Hudson Computing sold 140 Millennium laptop computers to Apex Publishers. At the date of this sale, Hudson’s perpetual inventory records included the following cost layers for the Millennium laptops.

Purchase Date	Quantity		Unit Cost				Total Cost
Apr. 9	120		$	1,500			$	180,000
May 1	30		$	1,600				48,000
Total on hand	150						$	228,000

Prepare journal entries to record the cost of the 140 Millennium laptops sold on May 10, assuming that Hudson Computing uses the following.

a. Specific identification method (102 of the units sold were purchased on April 9, and the remaining units were purchased on May 1).

b. Average-cost method.

c. FIFO method.

d. LIFO method.

Answer 1

a) Specific identification method

Cost of goods sold = (102 x 1500) + (38 x 1600) = 213,800

Journal Entry -

Cost of goods sold Dr $213,800

Inventory $213,800

b) Average cost method

Cost of goods sold = 140 x (228000/150) = 212,800

Journal Entry -

Cost of goods sold Dr $212,800

Inventory $212,800

c) FIFO Method

Cost of goods sold = (120 x 1500) + (20 x 1600) = 212,000

Journal Entry -

Cost of goods sold Dr $212,000

Inventory $212,000

d) LIFO method

Cost of goods sold = (110 x 1500) + (30 x 1600) = 213,000

Journal Entry -

Cost of goods sold Dr $213,000

Inventory $213,000