Sunday, May 24, 2015

Mercedes Brown starts a merchandising business on December 1 and enters into three inventory purchases

Mercedes Brown starts a merchandising business on December 1 and enters into three inventory purchases:

December 7       10 units @ $  9 cost 
December 14     20 units @ $10 cost 
December 21     15 units @ $12 cost 

Brown sells 18 units for $35 each on December 15. Seven of the sold units are from the December 7 purchase and eleven are from the December 14 purchase. Brown uses a perpetual inventory system.
Required:
Determine the costs assigned to the December 31 ending inventory based on FIFO. 

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