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 January 1 Beginning inventory 540 units @ $55 per unit February 10 Purchase 460 units @ $53 per unit March 13 Purchase 100 units @ $40 per unit March 15 Sales 745 units @ $80 per unit August 21 Purchase 170 units @ $61 per unit September 5 Purchase 430 units @ $54 per unit September 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.)
Problem 5-3A (Algo) Perpetual: Alternative cost flows LO P1 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 January 1 Beginning inventory 540 units @ $55 per unit February 10 Purchase 460 units @ $53 per unit March 13 Purchase 100 units @ $40 per unit March 15 Sales 745 units @ $80 per unit August 21 Purchase 170 units @ $61 per unit September 5 Purchase 430 units @ $54 per unit September 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?
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