Chapter 9, Problem 9.7P

The primary purpose for using an inventory cost flowassumption is to:a. Parallel the physical flow of units of merchandise.b. Offset against revenue an appropriate cost of goodssold.c. Minimize income taxes.d. Maximize the reported amount of net income.

Which of the following statements about FIFO is true? Select one: a. All of the statements are correct b. Cost of goods sold is calculated using the costs of the earliest purchased inventory. c. The value of merchandise inventory is made up of the costs of the most recently purchased inventory. d. Under FIFO, a schedule is used to track the different costs of purchased inventory.

The conventional retail inventory method yields resultsthat are essentially the same as those yielded by thelower-of-cost-or-market method. Explain. Prepare anillustration of how the retail inventory method reducesinventory to market.

FAST PLZ - Which of the following element of cost is important in calculating the cost of closing inventory? a. Market price of Opening stock. b. Cost price of goods sold c. Market price of good sold d. Sales price of goods sold

Estimate ending inventory and cost of goods sold using the retail inventory method, applying the various cost flow methods.

How do i calculate ending inventory and cost of goods sold using LIFO?

Which one of the following statements is true regarding the cost of sales, if the perpetual inventory control system is in use? Select one: a. If goods are sold for cash or on credit, the cost of sales will decrease on the debit side. b. Under the perpetual inventory control system, there is no cost of sales. Therefore, the cost of sales is not affected. c. If goods are sold for cash or on credit, the cost of sales will increase on the debit side. d. If goods are sold for cash or on credit, the cost of sales will increase on the credit side.

Which of the following items should not be included in the cost of inventory? Select one: O a. The initial purchase price of inventory O b. Freight out cost to deliver inventory to a customer c. Insurance cost paid to purchase the inventory d. Delivery cost paid to purchase the inventory

Both the gross profit method and the retail inventory method provide a way to estimate ending inventory. What is the main difference between the two estimation techniques?