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Venus Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into the following calendar-ye...

Venus Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into the following calendar-year 2011 purchases and sales transactions.

Date

Activities

Units Acauired at Cost

Units Sold at Retail

Jan. 1

Beginning inventory

600 units @ $55/unit

 

Jan. 10

Purchase

450 units @ $56/unit

 

Feb. 13

Purchase

200 units @ $57/unit

 

Feb. 15

Sales 

 

430 units @ $90/unit

July 21

Purchase 

230 units @ $58/unit

 

Aug. 5

Purchase 

345 units @ $59/unit

 

Aug. 10

Sales 

 

335 units @ $90/unit

Total 

1,825 units

765 units

Required

1. Compute cost of goods available for sale and the number of units available for sale.


2. Compute the number of units in ending inventory.


3. Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) specific identification— units sold consist of 600 units from beginning inventory and 165 units from the February 13 purchase, and (d) weighted average. (Round per unit costs to three decimals, but inventory balances to the dollar.)


4. Compute gross profit earned by the company for each of the four costing methods in part 3.


Analysis Component

5. If the company’s manager earns a bonus based on a percent of gross profit, which method of inventory costing will the manager likely prefer?

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