Concept explainers
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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.
In First-in-First-Out method, the cost of initial purchased items are sold first. The value of the ending inventory consists the recent purchased items.
In Last-in-First-Out method, the cost of last purchased items are sold first. The value of the closing stock consists the initial purchased items.
To Compute: the cost of goods sold and cost of ending inventory by using FIFO (First-In First-Out) method.
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To Compute: the cost of goods sold and cost of ending inventory by using LIFO (Last-In First-Out) method.
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the method that results in a higher cost of goods sold.
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the method that results in a higher cost of ending merchandise inventory.
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the method that results in a higher gross profit.
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