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Perpetual Inventory Using LIFO Beginning inventory, purchases, and sales data fo

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Perpetual Inventory Using LIFO

Beginning inventory, purchases, and sales data for portable DVD players are as follows:

The business maintains a perpetual inventory system, costing by the last-in, first-out method.

Determine the cost of merchandise sold for each sale and the inventory balance after each sale, presenting the data in the form illustrated in Exhibit 4.

Under LIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the HIGHER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and LOWER unit cost first in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

Apr. 1 Inventory 79 units @ $84 10 Sale 53 units 15 Purchase 105 units @ $89 20 Sale 58 units 24 Sale 18 units 30 Purchase 29 units @ $93

Explanation / Answer

Schedule of cost of goods sold

LIFO method :

26

105

84

89

2184

9345

26

47

84

89

2184

4183

26

29

84

89

2184

2581

26

29

29

84

89

93

2184

2581

2697

Date Quantity Purchased Purchases unit cost Purchases total cost Quantity sold Purchases unit cost Cost of Merchandise Sold Total Cost Inventory unit Unit cost Inventory Total Cost Apr 1 79 84 6636 Apr 10 53 84 4452 26 84 2184 Apr 15 105 89 9345

26

105

84

89

2184

9345

Apr 20 58 89 5162

26

47

84

89

2184

4183

APr 24 18 89 1602

26

29

84

89

2184

2581

APr 30 29 93 2697

26

29

29

84

89

93

2184

2581

2697

Total 11216 7462
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