Financial Accounting P6-4A
P6-4A
The management of Felipe Inc. is reevaluating the appropriations of using its present inventory cost flow method, which is average-cost. The company requests your help in determining the results of operations for 2015 if either the FIFO or the LIFO method had been used. For 2015, the accounting records show these data:
Inventories
Beginning (7,000 units ) $14,000
Ending (17,000 units)
Purchase and Sales
Total net sales (180,000 units ) $747,000
Total cost of goods purchased (190,000 units)
Purchases were made quarterly as follows.
Quarter Units Unit Cost Total Cost
1 50,000 $2.20 $110,000
2 40,000 $2.35 $94,000
3 40,000 $2.50 $100,000
4 60,000 $2.70 $162,000
Total: 190,000 Total: $466, 000
Operating expenses were $130,000, and the company’s income tax rate is 40%.
Instructions:
a) Prepare comparative condensed income statements for 2015 under FIFO and LIFO. (show computations of ending inventory)
b) Answer…
a. Which cost flow method (FIFO or LIFO) produces the more meaningful inventory amount for the balance sheet? Why?
b. Which cost flow method (FIFO or LIFO) produces the more meaningful net income? Why?
c. Which cost flow method (FIFO or LIFO) is more likely to approximate the actual physical flow of goods? Why?
d. How much more cash will be available for management under LIFO than under FIFO? Why?
Will gross profit under the average cost method be higher or lower than FIFO? Than LIFO? (not nec
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