答案和详解如下： Q1. JME had beginning inventory of $200 and ending inventory of $300. JME had COGS of $800. JME must have purchased inventory amounting to: A) $700. B) $1,100. C) $900. Correct answer is C) 200 + X – 300 = 800 X = purchases = 900 Q2. JME purchased 400 units of inventory that cost $4.00 each. Later the firm purchased an additional 500 units that cost $5.00 each. JME sold 700 units of inventory for $7.00 each. If JME uses a first in, first out (FIFO) cost flow method, the amount of gross profit appearing on the income statement is:
A) $2,400. B) $3,100. C) $1,800. Correct answer is C) (700 × 7.00) – [(400 × 4.00) + (300 × 5.00)] = 1,800 Q3. Which of the following inventory accounting methods must be used for financial reporting purposes if a U.S. firm uses last in, first out (LIFO) for tax purposes?
A) The firm may use any of the above methods.
B) FIFO.
C) LIFO.
Correct answer is C) If a U.S. firm uses LIFO for tax purposes, it must also use LIFO for financial reporting purposes, according to U.S. tax law. Q4. While attending a local college, music major Anjolie Webster accepts a temporary position with a small manufacturing firm. Currently, the firm uses LIFO to account for inventory, but the owner is “just curious” about how the financial results would look if the company used FIFO. Before the owner leaves for her voice lesson, she hands Webster a photocopy of the inventory data for the current period (summarized below). - Beginning inventory of 1,000 units at $30 cost.
- Ending inventory of 800 units.
- Sales of 1,100 units.
- Three inventory purchases (listed from earliest purchase to latest purchase): 400 units at $27 each, 300 units at $25 each, and an unreadable number of units at $22 each. (Unfortunately, when the owner copied the original document, she left a yellow sticky note covering some of the inventory information.)
- Current assets (less inventory) of $75,000.
- Current liabilities of $65,000.
Using the information provided, determine which of the following statements is least accurate? All else equal, compared to LIFO, using FIFO would result in: A) a lower ending inventory balance. B) a lower gross margin. C) a current ratio of approximately 1.60. Correct answer is C) To calculate the current ratio (which includes the ending inventory balance) using FIFO, we first need to determine how many units were purchased in the third illegible purchase order. Ending inventory = beginning inventory + purchases – sales, so
purchases = sales + ending inventory – beginning inventory
= 1,100 + 800 – 1,000 = 900
Third purchase units = 900 – 400 – 300 = 200 § FIFO ending inventory = [(300 × 27) + (300 × 25) + (200 × 22)] = $20,000 § FIFO current ratio (all else equal) = (75,000 + 20,000) / 65,000 = approximately 1.46
The other choices are correct. Since prices are decreasing, FIFO cost of goods sold is higher (and gross margin is lower) than LIFO. And, FIFO ending inventory is lower than LIFO ending inventory. No LIFO calculations are necessary. | 
发表于 2009-1-19 09:19
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