FIFO Perpetual Inventory

The beginning inventory of merchandise at Dunne Co. and data on purchases and sales for a three-month period ending June 30 are as follows:

Date		Transaction	Number of Units		Per Unit		Total
Apr. 3		Inventory	72		$600		$43,200
8		Purchase	144		720		103,680
11		Sale	96		2,000		192,000
30		Sale	60		2,000		120,000
May 8		Purchase	120		800		96,000
10		Sale	72		2,000		144,000
19		Sale	36		2,000		72,000
28		Purchase	120		880		105,600
June 5		Sale	72		2,100		151,200
16		Sale	96		2,100		201,600
21		Purchase	216		960		207,360
28		Sale	108		2,100		226,800

Required:

1. Record the inventory, purchases, and cost of merchandise sold data in a perpetual inventory record similar to the one illustrated in Exhibit 3, using the first-in, first-out method. Under FIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the LOWER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

Dunne Co. Schedule of Cost of Merchandise Sold FIFO Method For the three months ended May 31, 2016
	Purchases			Cost of Merchandise Sold			Inventory
Date	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost
Apr. 3								$	$
Apr. 8		$	$
Apr. 11					$	$
Apr. 30
May 8
May 10
May 19
May 28
June 5
June 16
June 21
June 28
June 30	Balances					$			$

2. Determine the total sales and the total cost of merchandise sold for the period. Journalize the entries in the sales and cost of merchandise sold accounts. Assume that all sales were on account.

Record sale
Record cost

3. Determine the gross profit from sales for the period. $

4. Determine the ending inventory cost as of June 30. $

5. Based upon the preceding data, would you expect the inventory using the last-in, first-out method to be higher or lower?