Chapter 6, Problem 6.10EX

To determine

Perpetual Inventory System:

Perpetual Inventory System refers to the inventory system that maintains the detailed records of every inventory transactions related to purchases, and sales on a continuous basis. It shows the exact on-hand-inventory at any point of time.

First-in-First-Out method:

In First-in-First-Out method, the costs of the initially purchased items are considered as cost of goods sold, for the items which are sold first. The cost of merchandise sold is calculated by adding all the total cost of merchandise sold during the month. The value of the ending inventory consists of the recent purchased items.

To determine: cost of merchandise sold for each sale and inventory balance as on December 31.