Steel It began January with 55 units of iron inventory that cost $35 each. During January, the
Question:
Steel It began January with 55 units of iron inventory that cost $35 each. During January, the company completed the following inventory transactions:
![Unit Sales Price Unit Cost Units Jan. 3 Sale $ 83 45 $ 52 75 Purchase Sale 21 70 85 30 10 55 Purchase](https://dsd5zvtm8ll6.cloudfront.net/si.question.images/image/images15/1335-B-F-A-F-V(26).png)
Requirements
1. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the merchandise inventory using the FIFO inventory costing method.
2. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the merchandise inventory using the LIFO inventory costing method.
3. Prepare a perpetual inventory record for the merchandise inventory using the weighted-average inventory costing method.
4. Determine the company's cost of goods sold for January using FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average inventory costing methods.
5. Compute gross profit for January using FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average inventory costing methods.
6. If the business wanted to maximize gross profit, which method would it select?
Step by Step Answer:
Horngrens Financial And Managerial Accounting The Financial Chapters
ISBN: 9780134486840
6th Edition
Authors: Tracie L. Miller Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura