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During January, a companythat uses a perpetual inventory system had beginning inventory,purchases, and sales as follows:
Units Unit cost

Beggininginventory 100 10

Jan 5purchased 40 12

Jan 10sold 60

Jan 15purchased 70 13

Jan 25sold 50


** The selling priceper unit is $20.



2. Using theperiodic inventory system, calculatethe cost of goods sold for January and cost of the company'sJanuary 31st inventory for the followingmethods. Show all your work using theformat provided in the appendix of the chapter in thetext!



a) FIFO


b) LIFO


c) Weighted average





3. A company made thefollowing purchases during the year:


Jan 10: 15 units @ 360each

Mar 25: 25 units @390each

April 25: 10 units @ 420each

July 30: 20 units @ 450each

Oct 10: 15 units @ 480each



On December 31, there were28 units in ending inventory. These 28 units consisted of 1 fromthe January 10 purchase, 2 from the March 15 purchase, 5 from theApril 25 purchase, 15 from the July 30 purchase, and 5 from theOctober 10 purchase. Using perpetual inventory system, calculatethe cost goods sold and ending inventory for the year using thespecific identification method. Show all your work using the format provided in the text!(Note: Answers do not differ using the periodic inventorysystem)




4. Monitor Company usesthe LIFO method for valuing its ending inventory. The followingfinancial statement information is available for its first year ofoperation:

Income Statement

For the year ended Dec31


Sales 50,0000

Cost of goodssold 23,000

Grossprofit 27,000

Expenses 13,000

Income beforetaxes 14,000





Monitor's ending inventoryusing the LIFO method was $8,200. Monitor's accountant determinedthat, had the company used FIFO, the ending inventory would havebeen $8,500.



a) Determine what the income before taxeswould have been, had Monitor used the FIFO method of inventoryvaluation instead of LIFO.


b) Whatwould be the difference in income taxes between LIFO and FIFO,assuming a 30% tax rate?


c) IfMonitor wanted to lower the amount ofincome taxes to be paid, which method would itchoose?




















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