Anthony Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into the following

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Anthony Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into the following purchases and sales transactions for March.

Date Activities Units Acquired at Cost Units Sold at Retail
Mar. 1 Beginning inventory 160 units @ $52.20/unit
Mar. 5 Purchase 255 units @ $57.20/unit
Mar. 9 Sales 320 units @ $87.20/unit
Mar. 18 Purchase 115 units @ $62.20/unit
Mar. 25 Purchase 210 units @ $64.20/unit
Mar. 29 Sales 190 units @ $97.20/unit
Totals 740 units 510 units

3.
Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) weighted average, and (d) specific identification. For specific identification, the March 9 sale consisted of 95 units from beginning inventory and 225 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale consisted of 75 units from the March 18 purchase and 115 units from the March 25 purchase. (Due to rounding, the sum of Cost of Goods Sold and Ending inventory may not equal the Cost of Good available for sales. Round your per unit costs to 3 decimal places and inventory balances to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

c) What is the Ending Inventory for using Weighted average method?

Explanation / Answer

1. Compute cost of goods available for sale and the number of units available for sale $59,440; 1,340 units 2. Compute the number of units in ending inventory. 740 units 3. Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory using (a) FIFO $33,040, (b) LIFO $35,440, (c) specific identification $35,440 (d) weighted average $34,055. 4. Compute the gross profit earned by the company for each of the four costing methods in part 3. Gross profit FIFO $18,600 Gross profit LIFO $21,000 Gross profit SI $21,000 Gross profit WA $19,615 Analysis Component 5. If the company’s manager earns a bonus based on a percent of gross profit, which method of inventory costing will the manager likely prefer? The manager will likely prefer either the LIFO or Specific Identification methods since both give a higher gross profit than the other 2 mthds and his bonus will accordingly be higher. Email me your email address if you wish to have the Excel files of the working.

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