Ex 1 Gilden Company identifies the following items for possible inclusion when taking a physical inventory at the end of the period. Indicate whether each item should be included or excluded in the inventory count. (a) Goods shipped on consignment by Gilden to another company. (b) Goods sold but held for customer pickup. (c) Goods purchased FOB destination have been received. (d) If in c) the appropriate company paid the freight costs, would the freight costs be included or excluded in the cost of inventory for Gilden Co.? (e) Goods in transit from a supplier shipped FOB destination but not yet received. (f) Goods sold to a customer FOB shipping point which were shipped but not yet received by the customer. Ex 2 In its first month of operations, Walden Company made three purchases of identical merchandise in the following sequence: (1) 200 units at $6, (2) 500 units at $8, (3) 300 at $9. If the company uses the periodic inventory system and there are 390 units on hand at the end of the period, what is the amount of the ending inventory and the resulting cost of merchandise sold under the FIFO system? the LIFO system? the Weighted-Average system? Periodic System FIFO LIFO Ending Inv. CMS Weighted Average Ex 3 The management of Clements Co. is considering the effects of various inventory-costing methods on its financial statements and its tax expense. Assuming that the price the company pays for Inventory is increasing, which method will: (a) provide the highest net income? (b) provide the highest ending inventory? (c) result in the lowest income tax expense? (d) result in the most stable earnings over a number of years? (e) be used for the financial statements if LIFO is used on the tax return? Ex 4 Ally Appliance Center accumulates the following cost and market data for their Ending Inventories as of the last day of the period. Inventory Categories Cameras Camcorders Computers COST MARKET $12,000 $12,100 9,700 9,500 14,000 12,800 Compute the lower-of-cost-or-market (LCM) valuation for the company's Total Inventory.