Financial Accounting (5th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
Financial Accounting (5th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780134727790
Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 42AP

FIFO, LIFO, and average cost (Learning Objectives 2 & 3) 15-20 min.

MAC Industries, Inc., completed the following inventory transactions during the month of July:

Date Item Quantity Unit Cost
Jul 1 Balance 25 $65
4 Purchase 55 $60
12 Sale 66
22 Purchase 48 $54
31 Sale 46

Requirements

  1. 1. Without resorting to calculations, determine which inventory method will result in MAC Industries, Inc., paying the lowest income taxes.
  2. 2. Prepare a perpetual inventory record using FIFO.
  3. 3. Prepare a perpetual inventory record using LIFO.
  4. 4. Prepare a perpetual inventory record using average cost. Round the average cost per unit to the nearest cent and all other amounts to the nearest dollar.
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Financial Accounting (5th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)

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