Alternative Inventory Methods

Park Companys perpetual inventory records indicate the following transactions in the month of June:

	Units	Cost/Unit
Inventory, June 1	200	$3.20
Purchases:
June 3	200	3.50
June 17	250	3.60
June 24	300	3.65
Sales:
June 6	300
June 21	200
June 27	150

Required:

1.	Compute the cost of goods sold for June and the inventory at the end of June using each of the following cost flow assumptions: If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar.

FIFO

Cost of Goods Sold	$
Ending Inventory	$

LIFO (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest cent.)

Cost of Goods Sold	$
Ending Inventory	$

Average cost (In your computations, round new per unit costs to the nearest cent. Round your intermediate computations and final answers to the nearest dollar.)

Cost of Goods Sold	$
Ending Inventory	$

2.	Why are the cost of goods sold and ending inventory amounts different for each of the three methods?

3.	produces the most realistic amount for net income because it
	produces the most realistic amount for ending inventory because it

4.	If Park uses IFRS, which of the previous alternatives would be acceptable and why?
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