Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (5th Edition)

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ISBN: 9780134833170

Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright

Publisher: PEARSON

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Inventory accounting is that branch of accounting that helps in determining the specific value of assets at different stages of production and development.

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FIFO, LIFO, and average cost (Learning Objectives 2 & 3) 15-20 min.

Monitor Industries, Inc., completed the following inventory transactions during the month of March:

Date	Item	Quantity	Unit Cost
Mar 1	Balance	25	$85
4	Purchase	60	$88
12	Sale	75
22	Purchase	28	$90
31	Sale	20

Requirements

1. Without resorting to calculations, determine which inventory method will result in Monitor Industries, Inc., paying the lowest income taxes.
2. Prepare a perpetual inventory record using FIFO.
3. Prepare a perpetual inventory record using LIFO.
4. Prepare a perpetual inventory record using average cost. Round the average cost per unit to the nearest cent and all other amounts to the nearest dollar.

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Solution Summary: The author explains how the LIFO inventory method in Incorporation M will result in paying the lowest income taxes, and how to prepare a perpetual inventory record using FIFO.

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