Trattner Company had a beginning inventory on January 1 of 100 units of Product SXL at a cost of $20

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Trattner Company had a beginning inventory on January 1 of 100 units of Product SXL at a cost of $20 per unit. During the year, purchases were:
Mar. 15 300 units at $23 Sept. 4 ... 290 units at $28
July 20 250 units at $25 Dec. 2 .... 130 units at $30
Trattner Company sold 800 units, and it uses a periodic inventory system.
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(a) Determine the cost of goods available for sale.
(b) Determine the ending inventory and the cost of goods sold under each of the assumed cost flow methods (FIFO, LIFO, and average-cost). Prove the accuracy of the cost of goods sold under each method. (Round cost per unit to three decimal places.)
(c) Which cost flow method results in the highest inventory amount for the balance sheet? The highest cost of goods sold for the income statement?

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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Financial Accounting Tools for business decision making

ISBN: 978-0470534779

6th Edition

Authors: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso

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Chapter # 6- Reporting and Analyzing Inventory
Section: Problem Set B
Problem: 3
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Question Posted: September 22, 2011 11:05:50