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Comparing Cost of goods sold under FIFO, LIFO, and average costRefer to Short Exercises. A...

Comparing Cost of goods sold under FIFO, LIFO, and average cost

Refer to Short Exercises. After completing those exercises, answer the following questions:

Requirements

1. Which method of inventory accounting produced the lowest cost of goods sold?


2. Which method of inventory accounting produced the highest cost of goods sold?


3. If prices had been declining instead of rising, which inventory method would have produced the highest cost of goods sold?

Exercises

Perpetual inventory record—FIFO

Mountain Cycles uses the FIFO inventory method. Mountain started August with 12 bicycles that cost $42 each. On August 16, Mountain bought 40 bicycles at $68 each. On August 31, Mountain sold 36 bicycles.

Requirement

1. Prepare Mountain’s perpetual inventory record.

Perpetual inventory record—LIFO

Review the facts on Mountain Cycles in Short Exercise.

Exercise

Perpetual inventory record—FIFO

Mountain Cycles uses the FIFO inventory method. Mountain started August with 12 bicycles that cost $42 each. On August 16, Mountain bought 40 bicycles at $68 each. On August 31, Mountain sold 36 bicycles.

Requirement

1. Prepare Mountain’s perpetual inventory record.

Requirement

1. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the LIFO method.

Journalizing inventory transactions—FIFO

Use the Mountain Cycles data in Short Exercise.

Exercise

Perpetual inventory record—FIFO

Mountain Cycles uses the FIFO inventory method. Mountain started August with 12 bicycles that cost $42 each. On August 16, Mountain bought 40 bicycles at $68 each. On August 31, Mountain sold 36 bicycles.

Requirement

1. Prepare Mountain’s perpetual inventory record.

Requirements

1. Journalize the August 16 purchase of inventory on account.


2. Journalize the August 31 sale of inventory on account. Mountain sold each bicycle for $84.


3. Journalize the Cost of goods sold under FIFO on August 31.

Journalizing inventory transactions—LIFO

Use the Mountain Cycles data in Short Exercise.

Exercise

Perpetual inventory record—LIFO

Review the facts on Mountain Cycles in Short Exercise.

Exercise

Perpetual inventory record—FIFO

Mountain Cycles uses the FIFO inventory method. Mountain started August with 12 bicycles that cost $42 each. On August 16, Mountain bought 40 bicycles at $68 each. On August 31, Mountain sold 36 bicycles.

Requirement

1. Prepare Mountain’s perpetual inventory record.

Requirement

1. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the LIFO method.

Requirements

1. Journalize the August 16 purchase of inventory on account.


2. Journalize the August 31 sale of inventory on account. Mountain sold each bicycle for $84.


3. Journalize the Cost of goods sold under LIFO on August 31.

Journalizing inventory transactions—average cost

Use the Mountain Cycles data in Short Exercise.

Exercise

Perpetual inventory record—average cost

Review the facts on Mountain Cycles in Short Exercise.

Exercise

Perpetual inventory record—FIFO

Mountain Cycles uses the FIFO inventory method. Mountain started August with 12 bicycles that cost $42 each. On August 16, Mountain bought 40 bicycles at $68 each. On August 31, Mountain sold 36 bicycles.

Requirement

1. Prepare Mountain’s perpetual inventory record.

Requirement

1. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the average-cost method.

Requirements

1. Journalize the August 16 purchase of inventory on account.


2. Journalize the August 31 sale of inventory on account. Mountain sold each bicycle for $84.


3. Journalize the Cost of goods sold under average cost on August 31.

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