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Chapter 6: 33PGB_4 (page 369)

Exercise World began January with merchandise inventory of 90 crates of vitamins that cost a total of \(5,850. During the month, Exercise World purchased and soldmerchandise on account as follows:

Jan. 2 Purchase 130 crates @ \) 76 each

5 Sale 140 crates @ \( 100 each

16 Purchase 170 crates @ \) 86 each

27 Sale 180 crates @ $ 104 each

Requirements

4. If the business wanted to pay the least amount of income taxes possible, whichmethod would it choose?

Short Answer

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Answer

The LIFO method would yield a lesser tax expense.

Step by step solution

01

Gross profit under all three methods (FIFO, LIFO, Weighted average)

Gross profit computed in the previous parts under FIFO, LIFO, and Weighted Average cost amounts to as follows –

FIFO: $8,390

LIFO: $6,920

Weighted Average - $7,880

02

Least tax payable

As seen in the above step, the LIFO method fetches the least gross income. Thus, assuming the operating expenses are the same under all three methods, fewer tax expenses would be under the LIFO method.

This is also reasonable as LIFO computes the COGS at the recent prices, so the cost of goods sold would be higher than computed in any other method. The higher COGS would lead to generating lower taxable income.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Nutriset Foods reports merchandise inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market. Prior to releasing its financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019, Nutriset’s preliminary income statement, before the year-end adjustments, appears as follows:

NUTRISET FOODS

Income Statement (Partial)

Year Ended March 31, 2019

Net Sales Revenue \( 118,000

Cost of Goods Sold 47,000

Gross Profit \) 71,000

Nutriset has determined that the current replacement cost of ending merchandise inventory is \(19,500. Cost is \)24,000.

Requirements

2. Prepare a revised partial income statement to show how Nutriset Foods should report sales, cost of goods sold, and gross profit.

Fit Gym began January with merchandise inventory of 78 crates of vitamins that cost a total of \(4,290. During the month, Fit Gym purchased and sold merchandise on account as follows:

Jan. 5 Purchase 156 crates @ \) 64 each

13 Sale 180 crates @ \( 100 each

18 Purchase 114 crates @ \) 75 each

26 Sale 150 crates @ $ 116 each

Requirements

4. If the business wanted to pay the least amount of income taxes possible, which method would it choose?

Question:Empire State Carpets’s books show the following data. In early 2020, auditors foundthat the ending merchandise inventory for 2017 was understated by \(8,000 and thatthe ending merchandise inventory for 2019 was overstated by \)9,000. The ending merchandiseinventory at December 31, 2018, was correct.

2019

2018

2017

Net Sales Revenue

\( 220,000

\) 162,000

\( 176,000

Cost of Goods Sold:

Beginning Merchandise Inventory

\)22,000

\(29,000

\)46,000

Net cost of purchase

132,000

90,000

76,000

Cost of goods available for sale

154,000

119,000

122,000

Less: Ending Merchandise Inventory

32,000

22,000

29,000

Cost of goods sold

122,000

97,000

93,000

Gross Profit

98,000

65,000

83,000

Operating Expenses

72,000

38,000

48,000

Net Income

\( 26,000

\) 27,000

$ 35,000

Requirements

2. State whether each year’s net income—before your corrections—is understated oroverstated, and indicate the amount of the understatement or overstatement.

Question:This problem continues the Canyon Canoe Company situation from Chapter 5. At the beginning of the January 2019, Canyon Canoe Company decided to carry and sellT-shirts with its logo printed on them. Canyon Canoe Company uses the perpetualinventory system to account for the inventory. During February 2019, Canyon CanoeCompany completed the following merchandising transactions:

Feb. 2 Sold 60 T-shirts at \(10 each.

5 Purchased 50 T-shirts at \)6 each.

7 Sold 45 T-shirts for \(10 each.

8 Sold 20 T-shirts for \)10 each.

10 Canyon Canoe Company realized the inventory was running

low, so it placed a rush order and purchased 20 T-shirts. The

premium cost for these shirts was \(7 each.

12 Placed a second rush order and purchased 40 T-shirts at \)7

each.

13 Sold 20 T-shirts for \(10 each.

15 Purchased 50 T-shirts for \)6 each.

20 In order to avoid future rush orders, purchased 150 T-shirts.

Due to the volume of the order, Canyon Canoe Company

was able to negotiate a cost of \(5 each.

21 Sold 40 T-shirts for \)10 each.

22 Sold 35 T-shirts for \(10 each.

24 Sold 20 T-shirts for \)10 each.

25 Sold 45 T-shirts for \(10 each.

27 Sold 40 T-shirts for \)10 each.

Requirements

2. Provide a summary for the month, in both units and dollars, of the change in inventory in the following format:

Number of T-shirts

Dollar Amount

Beginning Balance

Add: Purchases

Less: Cost of goods sold

Ending Balance

Question:Refer to Short Exercises S6-4 through S6-6. After completing those exercises, answer the following questions:

Requirements

3. If costs had been declining instead of rising, which inventory costing methodwould have produced the highest cost of goods sold?
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