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Accounting for inventory using the perpetual inventory system—FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average, and comparing FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average
Learning Objective 2, 3 5. FIFO GP $5,235
Steel Mill began August with 50 units of iron inventory that cost 535 each. During August, the company completed the following inventory transactions:
Units | Unit Cost | unit Sales Price | ||
Aug.3 | Sale | 45 | $85 | |
8 | Purchase | 90 | $54 | |
21 | Sale | 85 | 88 | |
30 | purchase | 15 | 58 |
Requirements
1. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the merchandise inventory using the FIFO inventory costing method.
2. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the merchandise inventory using the LIFO inventory costing method.
3. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the merchandise inventory using the weighted-average inventory costing method.
4. Determine the company’s cost of goods sold for August using FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average inventory costing methods.
5. Compute gross profit for August using FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average inventory costing method 6. If the business wanted to maximize gross profit, which method would it select?
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