accounting exercise

Week Three Exercise Assignment
Inventory

1. Specific identification method. Boston Galleries uses the specific identification method for inventory valuation. Inventory information for several oil paintings follows. Painting Cost
1/2 Beginning inventory
Woods
$21,000
4/19 Purchase
Sunset
21,800
6/7 Purchase
Earth
31,200
12/16 Purchase
Moon
4,000

Woods and Moon were sold during the year for a total of $35,000. Determine the firm’s
a. cost of goods sold.
b. gross profit.
c. ending inventory.
2. Inventory valuation methods: basic computations. The January beginning inventory of the Gilette Company consisted of 300 units costing $40 each. During the first quarter, the company purchased two batches of goods: 700 Units at $44 on February 21 and 800 units at $50 on March 28. Sales during the first quarter were 1,400 units at $75 per unit. The White Company uses a periodic inventory system. Using the White Company data, fill in the following chart to compare the results obtained under the FIFO, LIFO, and weighted-average inventory methods.

FIFO LIFO
Weighted Average

Goods available for sale $
$
$
Ending inventory, March 31
Cost of goods sold

3. Perpetual inventory system: journal entries. At the beginning of 20X3, Beehler Company implemented a computerized perpetual inventory system. The first transactions that occurred during 20X3 follow:
1/2/20X3 Purchases on account: 500 units @ $6 = $3,000
1/15/20X3 Sales on account: 300 units @ $8.50 = $2,550
1/20/20X3 Purchases on Account: 200 units @ 5 = $1,000
1/25/20X3 Sales on Account: 300 units @ $8.50 = $2,550
The company president examined the computer-generated journal entries for these transactions and was confused by the absence of a Purchases account.
a. Duplicate the journal entries that would have appeared on the computer printout under FIFO & LIFO
b.