The information below relates to barrels of oil held in the inventory of Olsens Ltd during 2015.

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The information below relates to barrels of oil held in the inventory of Olsen’s Ltd during 2015.



Barrels


Unit cost

1 January

15 April

13 May

9 August

28 October

Beginning inventory

Purchases

Sales ($52 per barrel)

Purchases

Sales ($52 per barrel)

30000 

40000 

(50000)

35000 

(40000)





$44

44


44











Owing to an oil glut, the net realisable value for a barrel of the same grade of oil was $40 per barrel on 31 December 2015. In 2016, the company disposed of the 15000 barrels of oil in the ending inventory for $600000. No additional purchases were made in 2016. Olsen’s Ltd uses a periodic inventory system and the average cost flow method. Ignore GST.


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Complete the following partial income statements for 2015 and 2016 under the average cost flow method and the lower of cost and net realisable value rule.

Ending Inventory
The ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula                Ending Inventory Formula =...
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ISBN: 978-1118608227

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Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett

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