Exam 6: Inventories and Cost of Sales

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On March 31 a company needed to estimate its ending inventory to prepare its first quarter financial statements. The following information is available: Beginning inventory, January 1: $4,000 Net sales: $80,000 Net purchases: $78,000 The company's gross margin ratio is 25%. Using the gross profit method, the estimated ending inventory value would be:

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Match each of the following terms with the appropriate definition.
Net realizable value
Financial statements prepared for periods of less than one year.
Conservatism constraint
The number of times a company's average inventory is sold during a period.
Inventory turnover
An estimate of days needed to convert the inventory at the end of the period into receivables or cash.
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Net realizable value
Financial statements prepared for periods of less than one year.
Conservatism constraint
The number of times a company's average inventory is sold during a period.
Inventory turnover
An estimate of days needed to convert the inventory at the end of the period into receivables or cash.
Interim statements.
The accounting constraint that aims to select the less optimistic estimate when two or more estimates are about equally likely.
Weighted average inventory method
An inventory valuation method that assumes that inventory items are sold in the order acquired.
Days’ sales in inventory
An inventory valuation method that assumes costs for the most recent items purchased are sold first and charged to cost of goods sold.
FIFO method
An inventory pricing method that assumes the unit prices of the beginning inventory and of each purchase are weighted by the number of units of each in inventory; the calculation occurs at the time of each sale.
Retail inventory method
An inventory valuation method where each item in inventory is identified with a specific purchase and invoice.
LIFO method
The expected sales price of an item minus the cost of making the sale.
Specific identification method
A method for estimating an ending inventory based on the ratio of the amount of goods for sale at cost to the amount of goods for sale at retail price.
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Salmone Company reported the following purchases and sales of its only product. Salmone uses a periodic inventory system. Determine the cost assigned to cost of goods sold using FIFO. Date Activities Units Acquired at Cost Units Sold at Retail May 1 Beginning Inventory 150 units @\ 10.00 5 Purchase 220 units @\ 12.00 10 Sales 140 units @\ 20.00 15 Purchase 100 units @\ 13.00 24 Sales 90 units @\ 21.00

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Physical counts of inventory:

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Companies can and often do use different costing methods for financial reporting and tax reporting. An exception to this is the:

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The understatement of the ending inventory balance causes:

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Under FIFO, the most recent costs are assigned to ending inventory.

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The choice of an inventory valuation method has little to no impact on gross profit and cost of sales.

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If obsolete or damaged goods can be sold, they will be included in inventory at their original cost.

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