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FIFO perpetual inventory The beginning inventory at Funky Patty Supplies and dat

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Question

FIFO perpetual inventory The beginning inventory at Funky Patty Supplies and data on purchases and sales for a three-month period ending March 31, 2016. are as follows: Instructions Record the inventory, purchases, and cost of merchandise sold data in a perpetual inventory record similar to the one illustrated in Exhibit 4. using the first-in. first-out method. Determine the total sales and the total cost of merchandise sold for the period. Journalize the entries in the sales and cost of merchandise sold accounts. Assume that all sales were on account. Determine the gross profit from sales for the period. Determine the ending inventory cost as of March 31, 2016. Based upon the preceding data, would you expect the inventory using the last-in. first-out method to be higher or lower?

Explanation / Answer

                1 FIFO Opening Stock Purchase Total Stock Sales Closing Stock Avg Cost/Unit Sales revenue Date Unit Rate Value Unit Rate Value Unit Rate Value Unit Rate Value Unit Rate Value Jan 10.          2,500         60.00       150,000                   -                  -                       -          2,500       150,000                   -                  -                      -        2,500        150,000         60.00 Jan 10.          2,500       150,000      7,500.00         68.00         510,000      10,000       660,000                   -                  -                      -   10,000        660,000         66.00 Jan 28.       10,000       660,000                   -                       -        10,000       660,000      2,500.00         60.00        150,000      7,500        510,000         66.00                300,000 Jan 28.          7,500       510,000                   -                       -          7,500       510,000      1,250.00         68.00          85,000      6,250        425,000         68.00                150,000 Jan 30.          6,250       425,000                   -                  -                       -          6,250       425,000      1,250.00         68.00          85,000      5,000        340,000         68.00                150,000 Feb 5.          5,000       340,000                   -                       -          5,000       340,000          500.00         68.00          34,000      4,500        306,000         68.00                  60,000 Feb 10.          4,500       306,000    18,000.00         70.00      1,260,000      22,500    1,566,000                   -                      -   22,500    1,566,000         69.60 Feb 16.       22,500 1,566,000                   -                       -        22,500    1,566,000      4,500.00         68.00        306,000 18,000    1,260,000         69.60                562,500 Feb 16.       18,000 1,260,000                     -        18,000    1,260,000      4,500.00         70.00        315,000 13,500        945,000         70.00                562,500 Feb 28.       13,500       945,000                     -        13,500       945,000      8,500.00         70.00        595,000      5,000        350,000         70.00            1,062,500 Mar 5.          5,000       350,000    15,000.00         71.60      1,074,000      20,000    1,424,000                    -   20,000    1,424,000 Mar 14.       20,000 1,424,000                     -        20,000    1,424,000      5,000.00         70.00        350,000 15,000    1,074,000                625,000 Mar 14.       15,000 1,074,000                     -        15,000    1,074,000      5,000.00         71.60        358,000 10,000        716,000                625,000 Mar 25.       10,000       716,000      2,500.00         72.00         180,000      12,500       896,000      8,750.00         71.60        626,500      3,750        269,500            1,093,750 Mar 30.          3,750       269,500                     -          3,750       269,500                    -        3,750        269,500          3,750       269,500                     -          3,750       269,500                    -        3,750        269,500          3,750       269,500                     -          3,750       269,500                    -        3,750        269,500 Total    43,000.00      3,024,000    41,750.00    2,904,500            5,191,250                   -                   2 Total Sales =    5,191,250 Total cost of merchandise sold=    2,904,500                 3 Gross Profit from the sales      2,286,750                 4 Ending inventory Mar 31=       269,500                 5 As cost of inventory is increasing , using   LIFO the inventory balance will be lower. q: 2 Account Entry : Combined for the month Account Title Dr $ Cr $ Sales Revenue    5,191,250 Accounts Receivable    5,191,250 Merchandise Inventory    2,904,500 Vost of Goods Sold    2,904,500