Andersons Department Store has the following data for inventory, purchases, and sales of mer- chandise for December:

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Anderson€™s Department Store has the following data for inventory, purchases, and sales of mer-
chandise for December:
Anderson€™s Department Store has the following data for inventory, purchases,

Anderson€™s uses a perpetual inventory system. All purchases and sales were for cash.
Required:
1. Compute cost of goods sold and the cost of ending inventory using FIFO.
2. Compute cost of goods sold and the cost of ending inventory using LIFO.
3. Compute cost of goods sold and the cost of ending inventory using the average cost method.
4. Prepare the journal entries to record these transactions assuming Anderson chooses to use the FIFO method.
5. Which method would result in the lowest amount paid for taxes?

Ending Inventory
The ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula                Ending Inventory Formula =...
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Cornerstones of Financial and Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 978-1111879044

2nd edition

Authors: Rich, Jeff Jones, Dan Heitger, Maryanne Mowen, Don Hansen

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