Stocks, Inc., sells weight-lifting equipment. The sales and inventory records of the company for January through March
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Stocks, Inc., sells weight-lifting equipment. The sales and inventory records of the company for January through March 2012 were as follows:
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1. Determine the amounts for ending inventory, cost of goods sold, and gross margin under the following costing alternatives. Use the periodic inventory method, which means that all sales are assumed to occur at the end of the period no matter when they actually occurred. Round amounts to the nearest dollar.
a. FIFO
b. LIFO
c. Average cost
2. Interpretive Question: Which alternative results in the highest gross margin?Why?
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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Accounting concepts and applications
ISBN: 978-0538745482
11th Edition
Authors: Albrecht Stice, Stice Swain
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