Chapter 5: 13DQ (page 259)
When preparing interim financial statements, what two methods can companies utilize to estimate cost of goods sold and ending inventory?
Gross profit and retail inventory methods must be used.
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Warnerwoods Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into the following purchases and sales transactions for March. (For specific identification, the March 9 sale consisted of 80 units from beginning inventory and 340 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale consisted of 40 units from the March 18 purchase and 120 units from the March 25 purchase.) Date Activities Units Acquired at Cost.
Date | Activities | Units acquired at cost | Units sold at retail |
March 1 | Beginning inventory | 100 units @ \(50.00 per unit | |
March 5 | Purchase | 400 units @ \)55.00 per unit | |
March 9 | Sales | 420 units @ \(85.00 per unit | |
March 18 | Purchase | 120 units @ \)60.00 per unit | |
March 25 | Purchase | 200 units @ \(62.00 per unit | |
March 29 | Sales | 160 units @ \)95.00 per unit | |
Total | 820 units | 580 units |
Required
4. Compute gross profit earned by the company for each of the four costing methods in part 3.
Aloha Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into the following calendar-year purchases and sales transactions. (For specific identification, the May 9 sale consisted of 80 units from beginning inventory and 100 units from the May 6 purchase; the May 30 sale consisted of 200 units from the May 6 purchase and 100 units from the May 25 purchase.)
Date | Activities | Units acquired at cost | Units sold at retail |
May 1 | Beginning inventory | 150 units @ \(300.00 per unit | |
May 6 | Purchase | 350 units @ \)350.00 per unit | |
May 9 | Sales | 180 units @ \(1,200.00 per unit | |
May 17 | Purchase | 80 units @ \)450.00 per unit | |
May 25 | Purchase | 100 units @ \(458.00 per unit | |
May 30 | Sales | 300 units @ \)1,400.00 per unit | |
680 units | 480 units |
Required
1. Compute cost of goods available for sale and the number of units available for sale.
Montoure Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into the following calendar-year purchases and sales transactions. (For specific identification, units sold consist of 600 units from beginning inventory, 300 from the February 10 purchase, 200 from the March 13 purchase, 50 from the August 21 purchase, and 250 from the September 5 purchase.)
Date | Activities | Units acquired at cost | Units sold at retail |
Jan 1 | Beginning inventory | 600 units @ \(45.00 per unit | |
Feb 10 | Purchases | 400 units @ \)42.00 per unit | |
March 13 | Purchases | 200 units @ \(27.00 per unit | |
March 15 | Sales | 800 units @ \)75.00 per unit | |
Aug 21 | Purchases | 100 units @ \(50.00 per unit | |
Sep 5 | Purchases | 500 units @ \)46.00 per unit | |
Sep 10 | Sales | 600 units @ $75.00 per unit | |
Total | 1,800 units | 1,400 units |
Required
3. Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) weighted average, and (d) specific identification. (Round all amounts to cents.)
Use the data in Exercise 5-3 to prepare comparative income statements for the month of January for Laker Company similar to those shown in Exhibit 5.8 for the four inventory methods. Assume expenses are $1,250 and that the applicable income tax rate is 40%. (Round amounts to cents.)
2. Does net income using weighted average fall above, between, or below that using FIFO and LIFO?
Question: BTN 5-3 Golf Challenge Corp. is a retail sports store carrying golf apparel and equipment. The store is at the end of its second year of operation and is struggling. A major problem is that its cost of inventory has continually increased in the past two years. In the first year of operations, the store assigned inventory costs using LIFO. A loan agreement the store has with its bank, its prime source of financing, requires the store to maintain a certain profit margin and current ratio. The store’s owner is currently looking over Golf Challenge’s preliminary financial statements for its second year. The numbers are not favorable. The only way the store can meet the required financial ratios agreed on with the bank is to change from LIFO to FIFO. The store originally decided on LIFO because of its tax advantages. The owner recalculates ending inventory using FIFO and submits those numbers and statements to the loan officer at the bank for the required bank review. The owner thankfully reflects on the available latitude in choosing the inventory costing method.
Required:
Is the action by Golf Challenge’s owner ethical? Explain.
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