14. identify the cost

Required information Costs are assigned to the Cost of Goods Sold account each time a sale occurs in a perpetual system. Specific identification assigns a cost to each item sold by referring to its actual cost (for example, its net invoice cost). Weighted average assigns a cost to items sold by dividing the current balance in the Inventory account by the total items available for sale to determine cost per unit. We then multiply the number of units sold by this cost per unit to get the cost of each sale. FIFO assigns cost to items sold assuming that the earliest units purchased are the first units sold. LIFO assigns cost to items sold assuming that the most recent units purchased are the first units sold. Knowledge Check 01 A company has beginning inventory of $20,000, purchases of $15,000, and ending inventory of $2,500. The cost of goods avallable for sale is Cost of goods available for sale