nect Assignment Saved CC7-1 Accounting for Changing Inventory Costs [LO3, LO5] In October 2017, Nicole of Nicole's Getaway Spa (NGS) eliminated all existing inventory of cosmetic items. The trouble of ordering and tracking each product line had exceeded the profits earned. In December, a supplier asked her to sell a prepackaged spa kit. Feeling she could manage a single product line, Nicole agreed. NGS would make monthly purchases from the supplier at a cost that included production costs and a transportation charge. The spa would use a perpetual inventory system to keep track of its new inventory On December 30, 2017, NGS purchased ten units at a total cost of $6.50 per unit. NGS purchased thirty more units at $8.50 in February 2018, but returned five defective units to the supplier. In March, NGS purchased fifteen units at $10.50 per unit. In May, fifty units were purchased at $10.50 per unit, however, NGS took advantage of a 3.00/10,n/30 discount from the supplier in June, NGS sold fifty units at a selling price of $1280 per unit and thirty-five units at $10.80 per unit. Required: 1. State whether the transportation cost included in each purchase should be recorded as a cost of the inventory or immediately expensed. Inventory cost Immediately expensed 2. Compute the cost of Goods Available for Sale, Cost of Goods Sold, and Cost of Ending Inventory using the first in, first-out (FFO) method. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answers to the nearest dollar amount.) Cost of goods available for sale Cost of goods sold Cost of ending inventory 3-a. Calculate the inventory turnover ratio, using the inventory on hand at December 31, 2017. as the beginning inventory (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) Inventory turnover ratio times 3-b. The supplier reported that the typical inventory turnover ratio was 7.9. How does NGS's ratio compare? This implies that it is taking Nicole a lightly amount of time to sell he inventory than her supplier claims in pol longer shorter