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XYZ signed a non-cancellable purchase agreement to buy one million gallons of je

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Question

XYZ signed a non-cancellable purchase agreement to buy one million gallons of jet fuel at a price of $4.60 per gallon for delivery the following summer.At the end of the year, the market price for jet fuel was $4.25. The required journal entry, if any, would include:

No journal entry is required.

Consider statements a, b and c below. If any one of these statements is NOT true about the gross profit method of inventory valuation, indicate it on the answer sheet. If a, b and c are all true statements, select answer d. If a, b and c are all false statements, select answer e.

credit Inventory $350,000

Explanation / Answer

Answer 1. The Journal entry to be passed at the end of Year: Journal Entry S. No. Particulars Dr. Amt. Cr. Amt. a. Loss on Purchase Commitments        350,000.00 Purchase Commintments Liability        350,000.00 (Record the purchase commitment loss is recognized) Answer 2-a. The gross profit method may be used to estimate inventories for interim statements