Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Inventories

Merchandise inventory: includes all goods that a company owns and holds for
sale, regardless of where the goods are located when
inventory is counted.

Inventory systems

Perpetual Periodic
Inventory Inventory
System System

Note that :

1- In perpetual inventory system we use one account which is called

"merchandise inventory" for all inventory accounts.

2 - In periodic inventory system we use a lot of accounts like "purchases,

freight, purchase return and allowances".

3- Every organization use periodic inventory system must make a physical

count to determine the inventory on hand at the balance sheet date.

4- Unlike, perpetual inventory system which computes the cost of goods sold
and ending inventory balance after each transaction.

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Determining ownership of goods:

A ) Goods in transit : goods are considered in transit when they are in

the hand of public carrier such as
"rail road, trucking, or Airline Company"
at the statement date.

1- FOB (free on board) shipping point ownership of the goods passes

to the buyer when the public
carrier accepts the goods from
the seller.

2- FOB destination legal title to the goods remains with the seller
until the goods reach the buyer.

FOB shipping pon FOB destination

Seller Public carrier Buyer

Example : Assume that Hargrove company has 20,000 units of inventory on

hand on December 31 .
It also has the following goods in transit :

A ) Sales of 1,500 units shipped December 31 FOB destination

B ) Purchases of 2,500 units shipped FOB shipping point by the
seller on December 31

Required compute the amount of inventory units in Hargrove Company.

Solve: inventory = 20,000 + 1,500 + 2,500 = 24,000 units

b ) goods on consignment : under such an arrangement , the holder of the

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goods " the consignee " does not own the

goods . owner ship remains with the shipper of
the goods " the consignor " until the goods are
actually sold to a customer.

C ) goods damaged : damaged goods are not counted in inventory

"cost should be reduced to net realizable
value"

Multiple choice :

Physical count depend on included one of the next equations :

A ) original goods + goods in transit + consigned goods + damaged goods

B ) original goods + goods in transit - consigned goods - damaged goods
C ) original goods + goods in transit + consigned goods
D ) None of the following are correct

Note that :

. Most companies make a physical count of inventory at least once each

year .
. When the physical count does not match the merchandise inventory
account , an adjustment must be made .

Inventory costing methods

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1- first in , first out " FIFO "

2- last in , last out " LIFO "
3- weighted average " average cost "
4- specific identification

Unit costs can be applied to quantities on hand using these methods .

Note that : to compute the ending inventory under any of these methods we
must use inventory equation in merchandising companies .

Beg inventory + cost of goods purchased – ending inventory

= cost of goods sold

Note that :

The sum of Beg. Inv . and cost of goods purchased equals the cost
of goods available of sale " inventoriable costs "

We can derive this equation from the previous one .

Beg Inv + cost of goods purchased = ending inventory + cost of goods sold

Total of inputs Total of outputs

Example :

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Gerald D.Englehart uses a perpetual inventory system

had beginning inventory , purchases and sales as follows :

Units cost per unit

Inventory : March 1 200 @ $ 4.00
Purchases : March 10 500 @$ 4.50
March 20 400 @$ 4.75
March 30 300 @$ 5.00
Sales : March 15 500
March 25 400

The physical inventory count on march 31 shows 500 units on hand .

Required : under perpetual inventory system , determine the cost of

inventory on hand at march 31 and the cost of goods sold for march
under the

a - first in , first out " FIFO "

b - last in , last out "LIFO "
c - specific identification " assuming that 150 units from beginning
and from 400 mar 10 and 350 from mar 20 are sold
d- average cost method

A) First in , First out (FIFO)

Unit purchased first are sold first

(in) (out) (balance)

Purchases cost of goods sold ending inventory
Date Q P C Q P C Q P C
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Mar 1 200 4 800

Mar 10 500 4.5 2,250 200 4 800
500 4.5 2,250
200 4 800 200 4.5 900
Mar 15 300 4.5 1,350
500 2,150
Mar 20 400 4.75 1,900 200 4.5 900
400 4.75 1,900
200 4.5 900 200 4.75 950
Mar 25 200 4.75 950
400 1,850
Mar 30 300 5 1,500 200 4.75 950
300 5 1,500
Total 1,200 $5,65 900 $4,00 500 $2,450
0 0

Note that :

cost of goods available for sale =

beginning inventory + cost of goods purchased =
800+5,650 = $ 6,450

B) Last in , first out " LIFO "

Units purchased last are first to be sold

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(in) (out) (balance)

Purchases C.O.G.S End . inv
Date Q P C Q P C Q P C
Mar 1 200 4 800
Mar 10 500 4.5 2,250 200 4 800
500 4.5 2,250
Mar 15 500 4.5 2,250 200 4 800

Mar 20 400 4.75 1,900 200 4 800

400 4.75 1,900
Mar 25 400 4.75 1,900 200 4 800
Mar 30 300 5 1,500 200 4 800
300 5 1,500
Total 1,200 $5,650 900 $4,150 500 $2,300

C ) Specific identification

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(in) (out) (balance)

Purchases C.O.G.S End . inv
Date Q P C Q P C Q P C

Mar 20 4 800
1 0
Mar 500 4.5 2,250 20 4 800
10 0 4.5 2,250
50
0
Mar 15 4 600 50 4 200
15 0 4.5 1,575 15 4.5 675
35 2,175 0
0
50
0
Mar 400 4.75 1,900 50 4 200
20 15 4.5 675
0 4.75 1,900
40
0
Mar 50 4.5 225 50 4 200
25 35 4.75 1,662.5 10 4.5 450
0 1,887.5 0 4.75 237.5
40 50
0
Mar 300 5 1,500 50 4 200
30 10 4.5 450
0 4.75 237.5
50 5 1,500
30
0
Total 1,20 $5,650 90 $4,062.5 50 $2,300
0 0 0

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D) weighted average method

(in) (out) (balance)

Purchases C.O.G.S End . inv
Dat Q P C Q P C Q P C
e
Mar 200 4 800
1
Mar 500 4.5 2,250 20 4 800
10
0 4.5 2,250
50 4.35 3,050
0 7
70
0
Mar 50 4.35 2179 20 4.35 871
15
0 7 0 7
Mar 400 4.7 1,900 20 4.35 871
20
5 0 7 1,900
40 4.75 2,771
0 4.61
60 8
0
Mar 40 4.61 1,847 20 4.61 924
25
0 8 0 8
Mar 300 5 1,500 20 4.61 924
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30 0 8 1,500
30 5 2,424
0 4.48
50 4
0
Total 1,20 $5,65 90 $402 50 4.84 $2,42
0 0 0 6 0 8 4

Weight average cost per unit = cost of goods available for sale

No . of units available

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