Required: 1. Compute the inventories at the end of each month and the cost of goods sold for each month for the following alternatives: FIFO periodic   Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory April $ $ May $ $ FIFO perpetual   Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory April $ $ May $ $ LIFO periodic   Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory April $  $  May $  $   LIFO perpetual (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest cent.)   Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory April $   $   May $   $   Weighted average (Round unit costs to 4 decimal places and final answers to the nearest dollar.)   Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory April $   $   May $   $   Moving average (Round unit costs to 2 decimal places and final answers to nearest dollar.)   Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory April $   $   May $   $   2. Reconcile the difference between the LIFO periodic and the LIFO perpetual results. If an amount is zero, enter "0".

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Alternative Inventory Methods

Garrett Company has the following transactions during the months of April and May:

 

Date Transaction Units Cost/Unit
 
April 1 Balance 400  
      17 Purchase 200 $5.50
      25 Sale 150  
      28 Purchase 100  5.75
May 5 Purchase 250  5.50
      18 Sale 300  
      22 Sale 50  

 

The cost of the inventory on April 1 is $5, $4, and $2 per unit, respectively, under the FIFO, average, and LIFO cost flow assumptions.

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1. Compute the inventories at the end of each month and the cost of goods sold for each month for the following alternatives:

  1. FIFO periodic
      Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory
    April $ $
    May $ $
  2. FIFO perpetual
      Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory
    April $ $
    May $ $
  3. LIFO periodic
      Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory
    April
    May $  
  4. LIFO perpetual (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest cent.)
      Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory
    April $   $  
    May $   $  
  5. Weighted average (Round unit costs to 4 decimal places and final answers to the nearest dollar.)
      Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory
    April $   $  
    May $   $  
  6. Moving average (Round unit costs to 2 decimal places and final answers to nearest dollar.)
      Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory
    April $   $  
    May $   $  


2. Reconcile the difference between the LIFO periodic and the LIFO perpetual results. If an amount is zero, enter "0".

April Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory
Difference $   $  
May Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory
Difference $   $  
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