Process Costing Characteristics of Process Manufacturing • Since each product within a product line passing through the processes would receive similar ‘‘doses’’ of materials‚ labor‚ and overhead‚ costs are accumulated by process. • Process costing works well whenever relatively homogeneous products pass through a series of processes and receive similar amounts of manufacturing costs Units are homogeneous and subjected to the same operations for a given process and each unit produced in a
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6-2 Lewis Corporation* Lewis Corporation had traditionally used the FIFO method of inventory valuation. You are given the information shown in exhibit 1 on transactions during the year affecting Lewis’s inventory account. (The purchases are in sequence during the year. The company uses a periodic inventory method). Exhibit 1 Inventory Transactions 2000-2002--------------------------------------------------- 2000 Beginning Balance 1
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equal to the actual cost of goods available. FIFO‚ LIFO‚ and weighted average are come methods used to account for inventory. FIFO assigns first costs incurred to COGS on income statement. LIFO assigns last costs incurred to COGS on the income statement and if using a weighted average method a company would assign average cost incurred to COGS on income statement. Deere and Company uses LIFO costing method. d. Assuming that prices are increasing‚ FIFO gives a better indication of the value of ending
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from LIFO TO FIFO it might be possible to maintain earning growth in 2008. He prepaid a memo to president explain how inventory flow assumption work and provides per forma income statement that show for one product adopting FIFO would allow Merrimack to report higher income in 2008 than it did in 2007 but higher income taxes would have to be paid. First Objective: The first objective in this case is to exposed students to different methods of inventory valuation. Students must know about LIFO and
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following cost flow methods: 1. First-in‚ first-out (FIFO) 2. Last-in‚ last-out (LIFO) 3. Average cost E8-14 Altira uses a perpetual inventory system. Determine the inventory balance Altira would report in its August 31‚ 2011‚ balance sheet and the cost of goods sold it would report in its August 2011 income statement using each of the following cost flow methods: 1. FIFO: 2. LIFO: 3. Average cost E8-18 1. Steelcase adjusts the LIFO reserve at the end
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AC210 EXAM 1 EEACH MULTIPLE QUESTION IS 5 POINTS PROBLEM IS 50 POINTS TOTAL POINTS=100 YOUR NAME___________Tyler Gaassett________________ Multiple Choice Questions *Highlight Your Answer Chapter 6 1-30. Operating income is: A. A measure of profitability after deducting cost of sales from net sales. B. A measure of profitability after deducting cost of sales and all expenses incurred in operating the business from net sales. C. A measure of liquidity after deducting cost
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6725 = 25.57% In answering the following questions‚ please refer to the financial statements of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and the relevant Notes to these statements at the end of this write-up. 1. What could be the cause(s) for the shift in LIFO-based inventory from 70% at December 31‚ 2010 to 65% at December 31‚ 2011? A decrease in the replacement cost for Cat’s inventories‚ or an increase in the obsolescence of Cat’s older inventories could cause a decrease in the reported total value
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sold……………………………….. 90‚000 Gross profit………………………………………… $60‚000 (15-20 min.) S 6-3 a b c Average Cost FIFO LIFO Cost of goods sold: Average (26 × $154.71) $4‚022.46 FIFO $1‚260 + (17 × $160) $3‚980 LIFO $4‚000 + (1 × $140) $4‚140 Ending inventory: Average (8 × $154.71) $ 1‚237.68 FIFO (8 × $160) $1‚280 LIFO (8 × $140) $1‚120 Computations: Units sold = 26 (9 + 25 − 8) Units in ending inventory = 8 Average cost
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reporting the highest amount of income possible. Thus the CEO will be pleased if the company uses the FIFO method. This method recognizes as cost of goods sold the oldest costs‚ and because prices are rising‚ the costs charged to cost of goods sold will be less than if LIFO is used. b). It would be difficult to state absolutely which method is truly in the best interest of the stockholders‚ as FIFO results in lower COGS on the income report; it also results in higher earnings. But when earnings are
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THE ANSWER KEY IS AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT 1. Teel Distribution Co. has determined its December 31‚ 2007 inventory on a FIFO basis at $250‚000. Information pertaining to that inventory follows: Estimated selling price | $255‚000 | Estimated cost of disposal/completion | 10‚000 | Normal profit margin | 30‚000 | Current replacement cost | 225‚000 | Teel records losses that result from applying the lower-of-cost-or-market rule. At December 31‚ 2007‚ the loss that Teel should
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